THE STAND-IN

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• Release Year: 1937
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Plot: It's 'Lights ...Camera...Chaos!'; ; as Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell and Leslie Howard turn Hollywood on its ear in this screwball satire of tinseltown at the height of its golden age glory days.; ; Bookish New York bank employee Atterbury Dodd (Leslie Howard) is dispatched to Hollywood to assess the finances of the floundering Colossal Studios where he gets a crash course in the wild and wacky ways of showbiz from a stunning stand-in (Joan Blondell) and a seldom-sober film producer (Humphrey Bogart).; ; When he uncovers a plot to sabotage one of Colossal's big budget film productions, Dodd must spring into action. But can he go from a timid banker to Hollywood mogul, sweep the girl off her feet, stage a studio revolt and save Colossal from the schemes of a swaggering director and prima donna leading lady? Dim the lights and get the popcorn ready for this hilarious look behind the cameras and bright lights of the dream factory.
• Cast: Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Mowbray, Marla Shelton, C. Henry Gordon, Jack Carson, Tully Marshall, J.C. Nugent, William V. Mong, Art Baker, Ralph Brooks, Jinx Falkenburg, Jim Farley, Pat Flaherty, Charles K. French, John George, Pat Gleason, Tom Harmon, Al Hill, Esther Howard, Olin Howland, Rush Hughes, Rollo Lloyd, Mary MacLaren, George Magrill, Charles Middleton, Bruce Mitchell, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Harry Myers, Anne O'Neal, Tom Ricketts, Harry Tenbrook, Emerson Treacy, Theodore von Eltz, Poppy Wilde, Charles Williams, Harry Woods, Otto Yamaoka, Tay Garnett, Clarence Budington Kelland, Gene Towne
• Director: Tay Garnett
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: Walter Wanger Productions
• Media Format: Movie