Stand-In
Hail! The conquering hero comes!
1937 | 91m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Tay Garnett |
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| Writer: | Clarence Budington Kelland, Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker |
| Staring: |
| An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 29, 1937 |
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| Director: | Tay Garnett |
| Writer: | Clarence Budington Kelland, Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | secretary, screwball comedy |
| Production Companies | United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leslie Howard | Atterbury Dodd |
| Joan Blondell | Lester Plum |
| Humphrey Bogart | Doug Quintain |
| Alan Mowbray | Koslofski |
| Marla Shelton | Thelma Cheri |
| C. Henry Gordon | Ivor Nassau |
| Jack Carson | Tom Potts |
| William V. Mong | Cyrus Pettypacker |
| Esther Howard | Mrs, Mack |
| Charles Middleton | Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln |
| Emerson Treacy | Tommy |
| Tully Marshall | Fowler Pettypacker |
| J. C. Nugent | Junior Pettypacker |
| Charles Williams | Mr. Mack |
| Olin Howland | Hotel Manager |
| Anne O'Neal | Mother of Singing Child Actress |
| Mary MacLaren | Naomi |
| Theodore von Eltz | Studio Actor in "Sex and Satan" Movie |
| John George | Man at Studio Gate (uncredited) |
| Poppy Wilde | Starlet |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Clarence Budington Kelland | Novel |
| Gene Towne | Screenplay |
| C. Graham Baker | Screenplay |
| Otho Lovering | Editor |
| Alexander Toluboff | Art Direction |
| Helen Taylor | Costume Design |
| Charles Kerr | Assistant Director |
| Paul Neal | Sound |
| Tay Garnett | Director |
| Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Charles G. Clarke | Director of Photography |
| Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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