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Stand-In

  • 19371937
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.2K
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Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
ComedyRomance
A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Tay Garnett
    • Clarence Budington Kelland(based on the novel: "Stand-in" by)
    • Gene Towne(screen play)
    • C. Graham Baker(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Leslie Howard
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Joan Blondell
    • Tay Garnett
    • Clarence Budington Kelland(based on the novel: "Stand-in" by)
    • Gene Towne(screen play)
    • C. Graham Baker(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Leslie Howard
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Joan Blondell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Humphrey Bogart and Tay Garnett in Stand-In (1937)
    Leslie Howard, Alan Mowbray, and Marla Shelton in Stand-In (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
    Leslie Howard, Charles G. Clarke, and Tay Garnett in Stand-In (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
    Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
    Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Leslie Howard, and Alan Mowbray in Stand-In (1937)
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    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)

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    Leslie Howard
    Leslie Howard
    • Atterbury Dodd
    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Douglas Quintain
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Lester Plum
    Alan Mowbray
    Alan Mowbray
    • Koslofski
    Marla Shelton
    Marla Shelton
    • Thelma Cheri
    C. Henry Gordon
    C. Henry Gordon
    • Ivor Nassau
    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Tom Potts
    Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    • Fowler Pettypacker
    J.C. Nugent
    J.C. Nugent
    • Junior Pettypacker
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    • Cyrus Pettypacker
    Art Baker
    Art Baker
    • Director of Photography
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Florie Caprino
    • Elvira
    • (uncredited)
    Marianne Edwards
    Marianne Edwards
    • Elvira
    • (uncredited)
    Jinx Falkenburg
    Jinx Falkenburg
    • Woman at Studio Gate
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Farley
    Jim Farley
    • Studio Gate Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Flaherty
    Pat Flaherty
    • Nightclub Bouncer
    • (uncredited)
    Charles K. French
    Charles K. French
    • Bank Board Member
    • (uncredited)
      • Tay Garnett
      • Clarence Budington Kelland(based on the novel: "Stand-in" by)
      • Gene Towne(screen play)
      • C. Graham Baker(screen play)
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    • Trivia
      The former silent film star in the boarding house, desperate for a small role in a film, is played by Mary MacLaren, a former leading lady of the silent film era who, by the time this film was made, was working as a (sporadically successful) extra. Coincidentally, MacLaren's character is named Naomi; in the 1930's, one of MacLaren's silent era contemporaries, Naomi Childers, was also frequently employed as a background actress in Hollywood at MGM.
    • Goofs
      As accountant Atterbury Dodd walks through the accounts department, a clerk gives him a slip containing a list of figures which total 1,296,221. Dodd says: "There's an error in the addition. The total should be 1,296,321. Have the machine fixed". The total however is correct. The figures - 63,155; 122,925; 57,005; 54,685; 404,200; 56,705; 122,925; 54,685; 305,250; 54,686 - add up to 1,296,221.
    • Quotes

      Doug Quintain: [to Atterbury Dodd] Say, honey, if you could cook, I'd marry ya!

    • Connections
      Featured in Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
      (1936) (uncredited)

      Written by Irving Caesar, Samuel Lerner and Gerald Marks (1936)

      Sung by an unidentified child actress called Elvira with Anne O'Neal playing harmonica

    User reviews32

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Funny but Imperfect Hollywood Comedy/Romance
    Atterbury Dodd is opposed to his New York banker bosses selling off Colossal Studios for only half of what he thinks its worth. Being the first person ever to stand up to the big boss he's sent off to see whats going on with the seemingly failing studio. Once there he finds that the buyer is manipulating the latest Colossal movie into being a turkey so he can buy the studio cheap and turn a profit when he closes it down. Dodd also runs into Miss Plum who will soon becomes Dodd's guide through the madness of film making.

    Much of the film is concerned with Dodd dealing with the insanity of film studios while not realizing that he's falling in love with Miss Plum. The last third of the film concerns efforts to turn save the studio and the film.

    This is really a Leslie Howard movie. Howard and Joan Blondell, as Miss Plum are a wonderful screen couple and one wishes there was even more time of them together. Although Humphrey Bogart is listed third he's in maybe 20 minutes of this often funny film. He is wonderful in a the role of the previous studio head and producer of the turkey in the making.

    The film is filled with funny lines and fleeting appearances, Charles Middleton is a scream; as is a stuntman who refuses to do his stunt for money. This is a funny funny movie especially if you love old movies.

    The problem is that the film is at times unfocused. Is it a comedy? A Romance? The sequences with the villain seem to be from another movie. I question why some of the characters are allowed to be so annoying, Potts, the publicity man in particular, is the screen version of fingernails on a blackboard. I'm sure there were people like that in Hollywood, but I never want to meet them.

    I also have a problem with the ending which ends too soon for my tastes.

    Still this is 90 minutes of great fun, especially if you love old films.

    Worth seeking out, possibly even buying.

    7 out of 10 with spikes of truly wonderful moments (Going under the table for one)
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    • dbborroughs
    • Jul 31, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1937 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Walter Wanger Productions
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
      • Black and White

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