The Phantom President
5.9
“Vote the Laugh Ticket”
Too bad for the presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
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George M. Cohan
Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney
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Felicia Hammond
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Walter DeLeon
Norman Taurog
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Jimmy Durante
Curly
Known for
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Harlan Thompson
LeRoy Stone
George Barbier
Ronkton
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David Abel
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Norman Taurog Director · Harlan Thompson Screenplay Walter DeLeon Screenplay
United States release September 23, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Publix Corp.
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Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
Paramount Publix Corp.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 23, 1932
Theatrical
United States · September 10, 2018
Physical · DVD
United States
May 26, 2026 · Physical · Blu-ray
France
February 24, 1933
Portugal
May 22, 1934
Sweden
April 26, 1935
United Kingdom
November 8, 1932 · London
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