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  1. Movies
  2. So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947
11m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1947

Runtime

11m

Storyline

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
11m
Jun 7, 1947
Languages
English
Director
Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
Production
Richard L. Bare Productions
Richard L. Bare Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

21 Cast Members

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes / Self

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Man Giving Directions (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Clyde Cook

Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Robert Hutton

Robert Hutton

Self (uncredited)

Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fredric March

Fredric March

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

Self (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)

Janis Paige

Janis Paige

Self (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Anthony Anguish (uncredited)

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Self (uncredited)

Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers

Self (uncredited)

Leo White

Leo White

Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)

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