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Title: Stand-In (1937)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Leslie Howard | ... | Atterbury Dodd | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Lester Plum | |
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | Douglas Quintain | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Koslofski | |
| Marla Shelton | ... | Thelma Cheri | |
| C. Henry Gordon | ... | Ivor Nassau | |
| Jack Carson | ... | Tom Potts | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Fowler Pettypacker | |
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J.C. Nugent | ... | Junior Pettypacker |
| William V. Mong | ... | Cyrus Pettypacker | |
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Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. He soon learns that movie production doesn't fit his formulaic mindset. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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screwball comedy | secretary | director | movie studio | camera shot of feet |Taglines:
IT'S A HOLLYWOOD PICTURE...ABOUT HOLLYWOOD! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas -Jan. 27, 1938 - all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Played at the nightclub and sung by an unidentified chorus
Later sung a cappella by Leslie Howard while working
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Clarence Budington Kelland's story "Stand-In" was a 6-part serial in "The Saturday Evening Post" during February 13 - March 20, 1937. See more »Goofs
Elvira's mother tells Dodd that she read in the newspaper he was coming to Hollywood to take charge of Colossal, but it doesn't explain how she knew when he would arrive and where he would be staying. See more »Soundtracks
That Old Feeling(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Played at the nightclub and sung by an unidentified chorus
Later sung a cappella by Leslie Howard while working
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29 October 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Fast and snappy spoof of the studio system from the bottom looking up, as stand-in Joan Blondell guides a newcomer to "who's through in Hollywood". Bogart has a good supporting role as a boozing producer who has to salvage an unwatchable gorilla epic. Not a classic, but very enjoyable for its energy.