The Stand-In (1937)

Synopsis: Straight-arrow, bespectacled New York banker Atterbury Dodd is sent to Hollywood to rescue movie studio Colossal Films from financial ruin. The problem is, Dodd knows nothing about the film... Straight-arrow, bespectacled New York banker Atterbury Dodd is sent to Hollywood to rescue movie studio Colossal Films from financial ruin. The problem is, Dodd knows nothing about the film business! He does, however, gets a first-hand look at Hollywood's wackiness, as he shares accommodations with a trained seal, an obsessive actor... and a penguin. Meanwhile, he learns a lot about showbiz thanks to his encounters with the dysfunctional personalities he meets at Colossal -- who exemplify why the studio is in such trouble. Can this neophyte to the world of entertainment pull off the impossible and save the crumbling studio? [More]

Starring: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Alan Mowbray

Starring: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Alan Mowbray, Jack Carson, Tully Marshall, J.C. Nugent, William V. Mong

Director: Tay Garnett

Director: Tay Garnett
Story: Clarence Budington Kelland
Producer: Walter Wanger
Composer: Heinz Roemheld

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