So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947): Cast
So You Want to Be in Pictures is a 1947 short comedy directed by Richard L. Bare, starring George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes / Himself, Jane Harker and Jack Mower. It runs 11 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Director
- Richard L. Bare
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Richard L. Bare Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is So You Want to Be in Pictures About?
The premise of So You Want to Be in Pictures without spoilers.
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
So You Want to Be in Pictures Themes & Keywords
· 31 tags- pie in the face
- actor
- joe mcdoakes
- director
- stand in
- hollywood
- acting lesson
- reference to hedy lamarr
- world war one
- bunker
- clapboard
- farce
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- reference to ronald colman
- ronald colman impression
- cary grant impression
- reference to cary grant
- charles boyer impression
- reference to charles boyer
- movie making
- filmmaking
- fired from a job
- dual role
- narration
- voice imitation
- pie throwing
- sequel
- gunfire
- actress
- assistant director
- motion picture studio
- title spoken by character
So You Want to Be in Pictures Cast & Characters
George O'Hanlon leads the cast as Joe McDoakes / Himself, with Jane Harker as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited) and Jack Mower as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited). Directed by Richard L. Bare; 21 actors are credited in all.
- Director Richard L. Bare
- George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes / Himself
- Jane Harker as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- Jack Mower as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
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Ronald Reagan as themselves
Also Starring in So You Want to Be in Pictures
· 17 more- Jack Carson Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
- Fredric March Themselves
- Bess Flowers Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
- George Chandler Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
- Franklyn Farnum Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
- Leo White Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)
- Dick Gordon Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
- Jack Wise Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
- Ralph Sanford Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
- Alexis Smith Themselves
- Joan Leslie Themselves
- Clyde Cook Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
- Wayne Morris Themselves
- Robert Hutton Themselves
- Art Gilmore Narrator (voice)
- Janis Paige Themselves
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- Martha Vickers Themselves
More from Richard L. Bare
More films directed by Richard L. Bare: Wicked, Wicked, This Rebel Breed, Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend and So Your Wife Wants to Work.
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So You Want to Be in Pictures FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of So You Want to Be in Pictures, each answered in a sentence.
How long is So You Want to Be in Pictures?
So You Want to Be in Pictures runs 11 minutes.
When was So You Want to Be in Pictures released?
So You Want to Be in Pictures was released on June 7, 1947.
Who directed So You Want to Be in Pictures?
So You Want to Be in Pictures was directed by Richard L. Bare.
More films by Richard L. Bare Who is in the cast of So You Want to Be in Pictures?
So You Want to Be in Pictures stars George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes / Himself, Jane Harker as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited) and Jack Mower as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited), among 21 credited actors.
Does So You Want to Be in Pictures have a post-credit scene?
No. So You Want to Be in Pictures has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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