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Stand-In

  • 19371937
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 31m
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Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard in Stand-In (1937)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
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
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1.2K
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  • 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
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  • 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
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    • 32User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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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 Doddas Atterbury Dodd
    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Douglas Quintainas Douglas Quintain
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Lester Plumas Lester Plum
    Alan Mowbray
    Alan Mowbray
    • Koslofskias Koslofski
    Marla Shelton
    Marla Shelton
    • Thelma Cherias Thelma Cheri
    C. Henry Gordon
    C. Henry Gordon
    • Ivor Nassauas Ivor Nassau
    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Tom Pottsas Tom Potts
    Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    • Fowler Pettypackeras Fowler Pettypacker
    J.C. Nugent
    J.C. Nugent
    • Junior Pettypackeras Junior Pettypacker
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    • Cyrus Pettypackeras Cyrus Pettypacker
    Art Baker
    Art Baker
    • Director of Photographyas Director of Photography
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Florie Caprino
    • Elviraas Elvira
    • (uncredited)
    Marianne Edwards
    Marianne Edwards
    • Elviraas Elvira
    • (uncredited)
    Jinx Falkenburg
    Jinx Falkenburg
    • Woman at Studio Gateas Woman at Studio Gate
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Farley
    Jim Farley
    • Studio Gate Guardas Studio Gate Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Flaherty
    Pat Flaherty
    • Nightclub Bounceras Nightclub Bouncer
    • (uncredited)
    Charles K. French
    Charles K. French
    • Bank Board Memberas 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

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    Leslie Howard in Top Comic Form
    Leslie Howard is a surprisingly good comic lead in "Stand-In," as a human counting machine sent to Hollywood to oversee a failing movie studio and the crooks running it.

    This is a spoof of Hollywood as well as "big business" as Howard tries to learn the movie business with the help of a pretty has-been child star now working as a double (Joan Blondell) and an oddly effete Humphrey Bogart as a director battling an overblown star (Marla Shelton) and hack director (Alan Mowbray).

    Howard, Blondell, and Boagrt all give terrific performances, but if someone like Preston Sturges had been involved this would have been a classic. As it is, it's a small but funny film, but rather minor.

    Jack Carson is the blowhard press agent, Tully Marshall the ancient board chairman, C. Henry Gordon as the head crook, Esther Howard is the landlady, Anne O'Neal is the stage mother, Charles Middleton is Abe Lincoln, and then there's that gorilla....
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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den fantastiske Mr. Dodd
    • Production company
      • Walter Wanger Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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