The Phantom President (1932)
September 23, 1932Release Date
The Phantom President (1932)
September 23, 1932Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
George M. Cohan
Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney / Songs
Claudette Colbert
Felicia Hammond
Jimmy Durante
Curly
George Barbier
Ronkton
Sidney Toler
Aikenhead
Louise Mackintosh
Senantor Scranton
Jameson Thomas
Jerrido
Julius McVicker
Melrose
Hooper Atchley
Announcer (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Sailor (uncredited)
June Gittelson
Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
Sailor (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Convention Chairman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Driver (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Guest (uncredited)
Alan Mowbray
George Washington (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Old Man (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Candidate (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Catcher (uncredited)
Norman Taurog
Director
John Leipold
Music
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1932
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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The Phantom President is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy and political satire film. It was directed by Norman Taurog, starred George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert, and Jimmy Durante, with songs by Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics).
According to Rodgers, Cohan deeply resented having to work with Rodgers and Hart on the film. Cohan was bitter that his type of musical theatre had gone out of fashion, 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".
However, in 1937 Cohan starred in I'd Rather Be Right, a musical with songs by Rodgers and Hart. (In the Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy, the segments dealing with I'd Rather Be Right only mention librettists George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, not Rodgers and Hart.)