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So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947

★ 6.6 11m Comedy

Directed by Richard L. Bare

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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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The 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 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)

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