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So You Want to Be in Pictures
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Comedy

So You Want to Be in Pictures

June 7, 1947
11m
TMDB6.6· 7

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

Cast
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

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)

Jack Wise

Jack Wise

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Crew
Richard L. Bare

Richard L. Bare

Director

Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead

Producer

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Movie Info
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget (USD)N/A
Revenue (USD)N/A
Popularity0%
Produced by
RLB

Richard L. Bare Productions

The Vitaphone Corporation

The Vitaphone Corporation

US

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

US

Released in

United States

Spoken Languages

English