Stand-In
Summary:
Bookish bank employee Atterbury Dodd (Leslie Howard) is ordered to investigate the near-bankrupt Colossal Studios in Hollywood, to see if the firm is any sort of good risk. Dodd's first brush with Tinseltown's cuckoo atmosphere occurs when he takes a room in a boarding house for extras, where all manner of eccentrics wander about as they wait for the phone to ring (Charles Mid... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Leslie Howard - (Atterbury Dodd)
Joan Blondell - (Lester Plum)
Humphrey Bogart - (Douglas Quintain)
Alan Mowbray - (Koslofski)
Marla Shelton - (Thelma Cheri)
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Review:
Stand-In is a formulaic studio film from the 1930s that still manages to hold up well today due to some fine performances, some well-timed situational comedy, and a story that doesn't take itself too seriously. Leslie Howard plays Atterbury Dodd, an accountant sent west to Hollywood to turn around a failing movie studio or close it down... Continue >>
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