Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Appearance
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Written by | William Wister Haines Elaine Ryan Clarence Budington Kelland (story The Great Crooner) |
Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Starring | Kenny Baker Frank McHugh Alice Brady |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Edited by | Thomas Richards |
Music by | Adolph Deutsch (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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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. Composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin were nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Song for "Remember Me".[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 IMDb
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at the TCM Movie Database
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at AllMovie