Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Brothers and must settle for being a stand-in.Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Brothers and must settle for being a stand-in.Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Brothers and must settle for being a stand-in.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Art Gilmore
- Narrator
- (voice)
Jack Carson
- Man Giving Directions
- (uncredited)
George Chandler
- Sammy - Assistant Director
- (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
- Actor in Army Scene
- (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 - Signing Autographs
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Fredric March
- Self - at Academy Awards Ceremony
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Wayne Morris
- Self
- (uncredited)
Jack Mower
- So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director
- (uncredited)
Janis Paige
- Self
- (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan
- Self
- (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
- Anthony Anguish
- (uncredited)
Alexis Smith
- Self
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe director's name of "Anthony Anguish" is a play on the title of a Warner Brothers' film released the previous decade - Anthony Adverse (1936) starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland.
- Quotes
Actor in Army Scene: [repeated line, as cue for Joe] Oh, I don't know, Guv'nor. We've faced darker days than this. Besides I do believe I hear a motorbike approaching now.
- Crazy creditsRonald Reagan, Janis Paige, Alexis Smith, Wayne Morris, Martha Vickers, and Robert Hutton are credited orally by the narrator.
- ConnectionsFollowed by So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)
- SoundtracksI Know That You Know
(1926) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Featured review
So You Want to Be in Pictures was a most hilarious Joe McDoakes short
This is my fourth Joe McDoakes short that I've seen and so far the funniest one. In this one, Joe takes voice lessons from a record impersonating Charles Boyer and Ronald Colman. When he goes to Warner Bros. Studio (the company behind this series, incidentally), he asks Jack Carson for directions which gets both confused. Then he encounters actor George O'Hanlon (who's also McDoakes) who speaks in his more normal voice that's not too far from his later Geroge Jetson and gets to the set where he automatically upsets the director. I'll stop there and just say how funny I found the whole thing and was fascinated by the movie star cameos provided near the end. The final scene was especially a hoot so on that note, go to YouTube if you want to watch So You Want to Be in Picutres!
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- tavm
- Jan 31, 2009
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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