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
McDoakes Finds His Proper Role In Motion Pictures
This particular Joe McDoakes short subject was obviously inspired by the all star Warner Brothers spectacular Thank Your Lucky Stars, one of those all star wartime morale boosters of the period. In that one Eddie Cantor played both himself and a would be comedian who'd like to break into films except for his resemblance to Cantor.
George O'Hanlon who starred in the McDoakes shorts is both himself and McDoakes who's just trying to get a break in film. Like Thank Your Lucky Stars a few Warner Brothers contract players with a free moment strolled through this film.
O'Hanlon's been sent by central casting for a small one line role in a World War I film, but lookalike McDoakes gets the message. The poor guy is so nervous about his big moment, he starts thinking of ways to deliver his one line. Maybe sounding like a real movie star would help.
86 takes later to the exasperation of director Ralph Sanford and the patient Clyde Cook who plays a British cockney soldier they do find a niche in the film business for poor McDoakes. It's worth seeing this very funny short subject which was nominated for an Oscar to find out what happens to O'Hanlon/McDoakes.
Both of them.
George O'Hanlon who starred in the McDoakes shorts is both himself and McDoakes who's just trying to get a break in film. Like Thank Your Lucky Stars a few Warner Brothers contract players with a free moment strolled through this film.
O'Hanlon's been sent by central casting for a small one line role in a World War I film, but lookalike McDoakes gets the message. The poor guy is so nervous about his big moment, he starts thinking of ways to deliver his one line. Maybe sounding like a real movie star would help.
86 takes later to the exasperation of director Ralph Sanford and the patient Clyde Cook who plays a British cockney soldier they do find a niche in the film business for poor McDoakes. It's worth seeing this very funny short subject which was nominated for an Oscar to find out what happens to O'Hanlon/McDoakes.
Both of them.
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- bkoganbing
- Jul 14, 2008
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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