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.
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed.
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves.
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.
Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.