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1947 Comedy 0h 11m

So You Want to Be in Pictures

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

5.8 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

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)

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