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. |
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Running time
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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.
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.