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Mr. Dodd Takes The Air (1937)

• Director
  • Alfred E. Green
• Writers
  • William Wister Haines(screenplay)
  • Elaine Ryan(screenplay)
  • Clarence Budington Kelland(story "The Great Crooner")
• Stars
  • Kenny Baker
  • Frank McHugh
  • Alice Brady

  In this satire, an electrician from a tiny town impresses a New York radio sponsor with his booming baritone singing voice. He immediately contracts the worker to come to the Big Apple. Unfortunately, he suffers from bronchitis that changes him into a tenor. He still goes on the air, but everyone calls him a fake. Fortunately, the audience loved him. His manager then forbids him to appear publicly so he spends his spare time inventing a gadget that restores old radio sets. When it looks as though his clever invention will be stolen a beautiful woman gets it patented and then marries him. Songs include: The Oscar nominated "Remember Me," "Am I in Love?" "If I Were a Little Pond Lilly," "The Girl You Used to Be," and "Here Comes the Sandman."