Meet the Mayor (1938)
- Director(s):
- Ralph Cedar
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Obviously filmed several years before its 1938 release, Meet the Mayor serves as a vehicle for popular Broadway comedian Frank Fay. Unfortunately, Fay's smug, self-satisfied line deliveries had never played well on screen, and didn't here. The star is cast as Spencer Brown, elevator operator in a backwoods hotel. As the community's resident philosopher, Brown's support is highly coveted in the upcoming mayoral race. The outcome of the plot is decided by a hidden recording device developed by Brown's friend and confidante Harry Bayliss (George Meeker in a rare sympathetic role). Fulfilling the film's leading-lady obligations is Ruth Hall, who by the time Meet the Mayor hit the screens had retired to become the wife of cinematographer Lee Garmes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Frank Fay - Spencer Brown
- Hale Hamilton - George Diamond
- Berton Churchill - Martin Sloan
- Esther Howard - Mrs. Prescott
- Nat Pendleton - Kelly
- Eddie Borden - Catlett
- Ruth Hall - Norma Baker
- George Meeker - Harry Bayliss
- Eddie Nugent - Steve
- Franklin Pangborn - Hotel Clerk
- Nick Copeland - Copeland
- Director(s):
- Ralph Cedar
- Writer(s):
- Walter de Leon, Charles S. Belden
- Producer(s):
- Frank Fay
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