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So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures

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Comedy
📜 Overview: Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1947-06-07
⌚ Running Time: 11 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

George O'Hanlon original image
Joe McDoakes / Himself
George O'Hanlon
Art Gilmore original image
Narrator (voice)
Art Gilmore
Jack Carson original image
Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
Jack Carson
George Chandler original image
Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
George Chandler
Clyde Cook original image
Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Franklyn Farnum original image
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Bess Flowers original image
Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Dick Gordon original image
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Jane Harker original image
Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Jane Harker
Robert Hutton original image
Himself (uncredited)
Robert Hutton
Joan Leslie original image
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Leslie
Fredric March original image
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fredric March
Wayne Morris original image
Himself (uncredited)
Wayne Morris
Jack Mower original image
So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Janis Paige original image
Herself (uncredited)
Janis Paige
Ronald Reagan original image
Himself (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan
Ralph Sanford original image
Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Alexis Smith original image
Herself (uncredited)
Alexis Smith
Martha Vickers original image
Herself (uncredited)
Martha Vickers
Leo White original image
Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)
Leo White
Jack Wise original image
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Jack Wise

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