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)
- Director
- 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
The best of the series!
Fully deserving its prestigious Hollywood award nomination, this is an entertaining little gem with lots of pizazz and some delightful surprises. Outstandingly funny scenes include an hilarious shoot (and re-shoot) of a WW1 trench scene with Australian comedian Clyde Cook as an optimistic non-com and the hapless McDoakes as a Boyer/Colman messenger all under the beady eye of Ralph Sanford's delightfully irascible Anguish; a lost McDoakes guided and re-guided by equally perplexed Jack Carson; assistant director Chandler rejoicing in a McDoakes-sent opportunity: "I'm going to be a director!"
Ace comic O'Hanlon has a dual role, playing both McDoakes and himself playing McDoakes! Oddly, Richard L. Bare who does play himself in one or more other entries in the series, has turned down that opportunity here. In real life, Bare's a youngish, six-foot Rock Hudson lookalike, but here he's impersonated by veteran actor (over 500 movies!), Jack Mower.
Ace comic O'Hanlon has a dual role, playing both McDoakes and himself playing McDoakes! Oddly, Richard L. Bare who does play himself in one or more other entries in the series, has turned down that opportunity here. In real life, Bare's a youngish, six-foot Rock Hudson lookalike, but here he's impersonated by veteran actor (over 500 movies!), Jack Mower.
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- JohnHowardReid
- Feb 12, 2007
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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