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So You Want to Be in Pictures

Jun 7, 1947

0h 11m

★ 5.8

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Richard L. Bare Productions

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Joe McDoakes / Himself

George O'Hanlon

Narrator (voice)

Art Gilmore

Man Giving Directions (uncredited)

Jack Carson

Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)

George Chandler

Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Himself (uncredited)

Robert Hutton

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joan Leslie

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fredric March

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