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
A Superior McDoakes
Of the McDoakes shorts I have seen thus far, I thought this one especially good. This time around Joe is an aspiring actor who practices being an actor by listening to records of Ronald Colman and Charles Boyer impersonations ("If I were king," and "Hedy, Hedy come with me to the Casbah"). Joe gets a call from the studio telling him he has a small part (one line) in a World War I drama. Arriving at the studio he first asks Jack Carter for directions and then asks the actor who plays McDoakes, George O'Hanlon. A number of young Warner's contract players are introduced and they wave at the camera. After meeting the director (named Anguish) Joe delivers his one line - first in a crummy Boyer accent and then in a crummy Coleman accent. The director storms out and the assistant director takes over and after 88 takes he shows Anguish the final takes. How the assistant director handles Joe and his one line was hilarious - worth watching the whole short just for that. The final scene was also good. This McDoakes entertains from beginning to end.
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- Paularoc
- Jun 26, 2012
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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