Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Written by |
William Wister Haines Elaine Ryan Clarence Budington Kelland (story The Great Crooner) |
Starring |
Kenny Baker Frank McHugh Alice Brady |
Music by | Adolph Deutsch (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Edited by | Thomas Richards |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air is a 1937 American musical comedy film that was nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Song. The song was called Remember Me, and the nominees were composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin.[1]
Plot summary
A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York. When he was asked to sing for a local radio program. Where he gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and the woman he loves. After suffering from bronchitis he uses another voice to still be on the air but then everyone calls him a fake.
Cast
- Kenny Baker as Claude L. Dodd
- Frank McHugh as 'Sniffer' Sears
- Alice Brady as Mme. Sonia Moro
- Gertrude Michael as Jessica Stafford
- Jane Wyman as Marjorie Day
- John Eldredge as Jim Lidin
- Henry O'Neill as D.M. Gateway
- Harry Davenport as Doc Jeremiah George Quinn
- Ferris Taylor as Hiram P. Doremus
- Linda Perry as Information Desk Girl
References
- ↑ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
External links
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at the Internet Movie Database
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at the TCM Movie Database
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at AllMovie
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