So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947 | 11m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Richard L. Bare |
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| Writer: | Richard L. Bare |
| Staring: |
| Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 07, 1947 |
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| Director: | Richard L. Bare |
| Writer: | Richard L. Bare |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | hollywood, motion picture studio, movie studio |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation, Richard L. Bare Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George O'Hanlon | Joe McDoakes / Self |
| Art Gilmore | Narrator (voice) |
| Jack Carson | Man Giving Directions (uncredited) |
| George Chandler | Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited) |
| Clyde Cook | Actor in Army Scene (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited) |
| Dick Gordon | Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited) |
| Jane Harker | Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
| Robert Hutton | Self (uncredited) |
| Joan Leslie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Fredric March | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Wayne Morris | Self (uncredited) |
| Jack Mower | So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited) |
| Janis Paige | Self (uncredited) |
| Ronald Reagan | Self (uncredited) |
| Ralph Sanford | Anthony Anguish (uncredited) |
| Alexis Smith | Self (uncredited) |
| Martha Vickers | Self (uncredited) |
| Leo White | Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited) |
| Jack Wise | Autograph Seeker (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard L. Bare | Director, Screenplay |
| Wesley Anderson | Director of Photography |
| Everett Dodd | Editor |
| Roland E. Hill Sr. | Art Direction |
| Everett Alton Brown | Sound |
| William Lava | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gordon Hollingshead | Producer |
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