The Phantom President
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Walter DeLeon Harlan Thompson George F. Worts (novel) |
| Starring | George M. Cohan Claudette Colbert Jimmy Durante |
| Music by | Richard Rodgers Rudolph G. Kopp (uncredited) John Leipold (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  23 September 1932 |
| Running time | 78 min |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
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The Phantom President is a 1932 film directed by Norman Taurog, and starring George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert and Jimmy Durante.
According to Richard Rodgers, George M. Cohan deeply resented having to work with Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart on the film. Cohan was bitter that the type of musical theatre that he had created was now out of fashion, and that it was being supplanted by the more literate and musically sophisticated shows of Rodgers and Hart, among others. During the filming, Cohan would sarcastically refer to Rodgers and Hart as "Gilbert and Sullivan".
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[edit] Plot
Satire on candidates for American presidency. From the novel by George F. Worts
[edit] Quotes
- Prof. Aikenhead: Blair lacks political charm. Blair has no flair for savoir faire.
- Doc Varney: I'm just trying to figure out which one of us looks the most alike.
[edit] Cast
- George M. Cohan as Theodore K. Blair/Peeter J. 'Doc' Varney
- Claudette Colbert as Felicia Hammond
- Jimmy Durante as Curly Cooney
- George Barbier as Boss Jim Ronkton
- Sidney Toler as Prof. Aikenhead
- Louise Mackintosh as Sen. Sarah Scranton
- Jameson Thomas as Jerrido
- Julius McVicker as Sen. Melrose
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