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The Phantom President

The Phantom President (1932)

1932-09-23 · 78 min · Rating 5.50/10 (4 votes)

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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.

Keywords

double election impersonation medicine show mistaken identity political campaign political conventions political satire pre-code presidential candidate romantic entanglements satirical usa president