Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written byWilliam Wister Haines
Elaine Ryan
Based onThe Great Crooner
1933 novel
by Clarence Budington Kelland
Produced byMervyn LeRoy
StarringKenny Baker
Frank McHugh
Alice Brady
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byThomas Richards
Music byLeo F. Forbstein
Adolph Deutsch (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 21, 1937 (1937-08-21)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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

  1. ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  3. ^ "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. ^ EmanuelLevy. "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937): Oscar-Nominated Musical Comedy | Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 2023-05-28.


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