Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Written by	William Wister Haines; Elaine Ryan
Based on	The Great Crooner; 1933 novel; by Clarence Budington Kelland
Produced by	Mervyn LeRoy
Starring	Kenny Baker; Frank McHugh; Alice Brady
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Edited by	Thomas Richards
Music by	Leo F. Forbstein; Adolph Deutsch (uncredited)
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 21, 1937;
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]

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]