Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Written by | William Wister Haines Elaine Ryan Clarence Budington Kelland (story The Great Crooner) |
Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Starring | Kenny Baker Frank McHugh Alice Brady |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Edited by | Thomas Richards |
Music by | Adolph Deutsch (uncredited) |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. Composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin were nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Song for "Remember Me".[1]
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.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air is Kenny Baker's -a popular radio singer at the time- film debut.[2]
Although nominated for the at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Original Song,[3] the film ws retrospectively judged a "minor musical comedy".[4]