01 Jun 1947
Daddy Wanted
Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia. By mistake he try to pay off the wrong manicurist, Mary, who by coincidence has a fiancé named Tom.
The Phantom President
Vote the Laugh Ticket
Too bad for 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. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Top Billed Cast
Claudette Colbert Felicia Hammond
Jimmy Durante Curly
George Barbier Ronkton
Sidney Toler Aikenhead
Louise Mackintosh Senantor Scranton
Jameson Thomas Jerrido
Julius McVicker Melrose
Hooper Atchley Announcer (uncredited)
Ed Brady Sailor (uncredited)
June Gittelson Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Ben Hall Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Paul Hurst Sailor (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint Convention Chairman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
Frank Mills Driver (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer Guest (uncredited)
Alan Mowbray George Washington (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts Old Man (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan Candidate (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker Catcher (uncredited)
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