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Kulissien takana

Original title: Stand-In
  • 19371937
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.2K
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Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (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
  • Director
    • Tay Garnett
  • Writers
    • 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
  • Director
    • Tay Garnett
  • Writers
    • 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
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Humphrey Bogart and Tay Garnett in Kulissien takana (1937)
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    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (1937)
    Leslie Howard, Charles G. Clarke, and Tay Garnett in Kulissien takana (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (1937)
    Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (1937)
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    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (1937)
    Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Kulissien takana (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)
    • Director
      • Tay Garnett
    • Writers
      • 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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    Great Send-up of the Movie Business
    This is one of the funniest films I have seen in a long time! Leslie Howard plays a rigid, naive accountant who is sent to Hollywood to look at the books of a movie studio. Blondell plays his boarding house neighbor,a movie stand-in who becomes his secretary, teacher and confidant. Humphrey Bogart has a rare comic role as a movie producer, and does extremely well in it. In fact, he has one of the funniest scenes. Thrown out of a bar because he's drunk, he and his little Scottie dog stand outside it. Bogart wears a placard saying "this cafe is unfair to me", and the dog wears a placard saying the same thing. Shirley Temple is also satirized in this film. If you love old movies, you shouldn't miss this one!
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    • Sep 12, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 1938 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stand-In
    • Production company
      • Walter Wanger Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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