So You Want to Be in Pictures

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So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

0h 11m

5.8(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes / Self

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Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Acting

Jack Carson

Man Giving Directions (uncredited)

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George Chandler

Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)

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Clyde Cook

Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Acting

Dick Gordon

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

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Jane Harker

Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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Robert Hutton

Self (uncredited)

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Joan Leslie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Fredric March

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Wayne Morris

Self (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)

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Janis Paige

Self (uncredited)

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Ronald Reagan

Self (uncredited)

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Ralph Sanford

Anthony Anguish (uncredited)

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Alexis Smith

Self (uncredited)

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Martha Vickers

Self (uncredited)

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Leo White

Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

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