''Mr. Dodd Takes the Air'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film. Composer
Harry Warren
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
and lyricist
Al Dubin
Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.
Life
Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Swi ...
were nominated at the
10th Academy Awards
The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films released in 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los An ...
in the category of
Best Song for "Remember Me".
Plot summary
A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York after being asked to sing for a local radio program. There he gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and a woman he falls in love with. After suffering from bronchitis, he sings in another voice to stay on the air, but then is called a fake.
Cast
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Kenny Baker as Claude L. Dodd
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Frank McHugh as 'Sniffer' Sears
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Alice Brady as Mme. Sonia Moro
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Gertrude Michael
Lillian Gertrude Michael (June 1, 1911 – December 31, 1964) was an American film, stage and television actress.
Biography
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Michael, she was born in Talladega, Alabama. She graduated from Talladega High sc ...
as Jessica Stafford
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Jane Wyman as Marjorie Day
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John Eldredge as Jim Lidin
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Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill (August 10, 1891 – May 18, 1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles during the 1930s and 1940s.
Early years
He was born in Orange, New Jersey.
Career ...
as D.M. Gateway
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Harry Davenport as Doc Jeremiah George Quinn
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Ferris Taylor as Hiram P. Doremus
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Florence Gill As Miss Carrie Bowers (Uncredited)
*Linda Perry as Information Desk Girl
References
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1937 musical comedy films
1937 films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Alfred E. Green
Films scored by Adolph Deutsch
Warner Bros. films
American musical comedy films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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