So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Directed by	Richard L. Bare
Written by	Richard L. Bare
Produced by	Gordon Hollingshead
Starring	George O'Hanlon; Art Gilmore; Jack Carson
Cinematography	Wesley Anderson
Edited by	Everett Dodd
Music by	William Lava
Production; company	Richard L. Bare Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 7, 1947;
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated December 16, 2025

So You Want to Be in Pictures is a 1947 one-reel short film in the Joe McDoakes series, starring George O'Hanlon. It was written and directed by Richard L. Bare.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Main

George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes
Art Gilmore as narrator

Cameo appearance/uncredited

Jack Carson as man giving directions
George Chandler as Sammy
Clyde Cook as actor in army scene
Bess Flowers as woman with sunglasses
Jane Harker as Alice McDoakes
Robert Hutton as himself
Wayne Morris as himself
Janis Paige as herself
Ronald Reagan as himself
Ralph Sanford as Anthony Anguish
Alexis Smith as herself
Martha Vickers as herself

References

↑ "So You Want to Be in Pictures". Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

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[So_You_Want_to_Be_in_Pictures-1] "So You Want to Be in Pictures". Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

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