Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937 film by Alfred E. Green
- August 21, 1937 (1937-08-21)
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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]
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
- Kenny Baker as Claude L. Dodd
- Frank McHugh as 'Sniffer' Sears
- Alice Brady as Mme. Sonia Moro
- Gertrude Michael as Jessica Stafford
- Jane Wyman as Marjorie Day
- John Eldredge as Jim Lidin
- Henry O'Neill as D.M. Gateway
- Harry Davenport as Doc Jeremiah George Quinn
- Ferris Taylor as Hiram P. Doremus
- Florence Gill As Miss Carrie Bowers (Uncredited)
- Linda Perry as Information Desk Girl
Production
This was the starring debut for Kenny Baker, a popular radio singer at the time.[2]
Accolades and reception
Although nominated for the at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Original Song,[3] the film was retrospectively judged a "minor musical comedy".[4]
References
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ EmanuelLevy. "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937): Oscar-Nominated Musical Comedy | Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 2023-05-28.
External links
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at IMDb
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at the TCM Movie Database
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at AllMovie
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by Alfred E. Green
- The Princess of Patches (1917)
- Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
- A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
- Through the Back Door (1921)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
- The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
- Our Leading Citizen (1922)
- The Ghost Breaker (1922)
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
- Back Home and Broke (1922)
- The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
- Woman-Proof (1923)
- Pied Piper Malone (1924)
- In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
- Inez from Hollywood (1924)
- The Talker (1925)
- Sally (1925)
- The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
- The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
- Ladies at Play (1926)
- Irene (1926)
- It Must Be Love (1926)
- Ella Cinders (1926)
- Two Girls Wanted (1927)
- Is Zat So? (1927)
- The Auctioneer (1927)
- Come to My House (1927)
- Honor Bound (1928)
- Disraeli (1929)
- Making the Grade (1929)
- The Green Goddess (1930)
- The Man From Blankley's (1930)
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
- Old English (1930)
- Men of the Sky (1931)
- The Road to Singapore (1931)
- Smart Money (1931)
- Union Depot (1932)
- It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
- The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
- The Dark Horse (1932)
- Silver Dollar (1932)
- Parachute Jumper (1933)
- Grand Slam (1933)
- Baby Face (1933)
- Central Airport (1933)
- I Loved a Woman (1933)
- The Narrow Corner (1933)
- Dark Hazard (1934)
- Side Streets (1934)
- Housewife (1934)
- The Merry Frinks (1934)
- As the Earth Turns (1934)
- A Lost Lady (1934)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
- Sweet Music (1935)
- Here's to Romance (1935)
- The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935)
- The Goose and the Gander (1935)
- Dangerous (1935)
- Colleen (1936)
- They Met in a Taxi (1936)
- The Golden Arrow (1936)
- Two in a Crowd (1936)
- More Than a Secretary (1936)
- The League of Frightened Men (1937)
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
- Let's Get Married (1937)
- Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
- The Duke of West Point (1938)
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
- King of the Turf (1939)
- 20,000 Men a Year (1939)
- Flowing Gold (1940)
- Shooting High (1940)
- South of Pago Pago (1940)
- East of the River (1940)
- Adventure in Washington (1941)
- Badlands of Dakota (1941)
- The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
- Meet the Stewarts (1942)
- Appointment in Berlin (1943)
- There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
- Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
- Strange Affair (1944)
- A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
- The Jolson Story (1946)
- Tars and Spars (1946)
- The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
- Copacabana (1947)
- Four Faces West (1948)
- The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
- Cover Up (1949)
- Sierra (1949)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
- Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
- The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
- Paris Model (1953)
- Top Banana (1954)
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