So You Want to Be in Pictures(1947)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.


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So You Want to Be in Pictures
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Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
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1947-06-07
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