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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Featured review
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Oscar nominated short shows the down side of trying to become a big movie star. There really aren't too many laughs here but lead Joe McDoakes is fun to watch. Ronald Reagon has a small cameo.
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Oscar nominated short with Joe McDoakes as he plays a husband who wishes he could get on a radio game show but once he does get there he wishes he didn't. I know these "So You Want to Be..." shorts are pretty popular but the four I've seen really haven't worked. They're mildly entertaining but they really don't contain too many laughs for me.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Oscar nominated short shows the down side of trying to become a big movie star. There really aren't too many laughs here but lead Joe McDoakes is fun to watch. Ronald Reagon has a small cameo.
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Oscar nominated short with Joe McDoakes as he plays a husband who wishes he could get on a radio game show but once he does get there he wishes he didn't. I know these "So You Want to Be..." shorts are pretty popular but the four I've seen really haven't worked. They're mildly entertaining but they really don't contain too many laughs for me.
- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 25, 2008
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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
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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