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So You Want to Be in Pictures

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

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1947-06-07

Runtime: 11 mins

Director: Richard L. Bare

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy

Original title: So You Want to Be in Pictures

Production Companies: Richard L. Bare Productions, The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes / Self

George O'Hanlon

Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)

Art Gilmore

Jack Carson
Man Giving Directions (uncredited)

Jack Carson

George Chandler
Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)

George Chandler

Clyde Cook
Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Franklyn Farnum
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Bess Flowers
Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Dick Gordon
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Jane Harker
Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Robert Hutton
Self (uncredited)

Robert Hutton

Joan Leslie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joan Leslie

Fredric March
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fredric March

Wayne Morris
Self (uncredited)

Wayne Morris

Jack Mower
So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)

Jack Mower

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