Movies: Richard L Bare Productions

  • 1947
    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

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    Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in....

    So You Want to Be in Pictures
  • 1948
    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)

    So You Want to Be a Detective

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    Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore....

    So You Want to Be a Detective
  • 1950
    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

    So You Think You're Not Guilty

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    Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence....

    So You Think You're Not Guilty
  • 1948
    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House (1948)

    So You Want to Build a House

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare....

    So You Want to Build a House
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor (1951)

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

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    "I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing back to bachelor days and his courtship with Alice....

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor
  • 1956
    So You Want to Be Pretty

    So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)

    So You Want to Be Pretty

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    In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better....

    So You Want to Be Pretty
  • 1952
    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)

    So You Want to Enjoy Life

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    Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left....

    So You Want to Enjoy Life
  • 1952
    So You Never Tell a Lie

    So You Never Tell a Lie (1952)

    So You Never Tell a Lie

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    When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end....

    So You Never Tell a Lie
  • 1947
    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)

    So You Want to Be a Salesman

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    Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any....

    So You Want to Be a Salesman
  • 1948
    So You Want an Apartment

    So You Want an Apartment (1948)

    So You Want an Apartment

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    Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting....

    So You Want an Apartment
  • 1947
    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

    So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)

    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice....

    So You Want to Hold Your Wife
  • 1952
    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

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    It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session....

    So You Want to Wear the Pants
  • 1947
    So You're Going to Be a Father

    So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)

    So You're Going to Be a Father

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father....

    So You're Going to Be a Father
  • 1945
    So You Think You're Allergic

    So You Think You're Allergic (1945)

    So You Think You're Allergic

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    Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic....

    So You Think You're Allergic
  • 1954
    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

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    Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet....

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives
  • 1946
    So You Want to Keep Your Hair

    So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)

    So You Want to Keep Your Hair

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    Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline....

    So You Want to Keep Your Hair
  • 1946
    So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)

    So You Want to Play the Horses

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    In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning....

    So You Want to Play the Horses
  • 1956
    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)

    So Your Wife Wants to Work

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    Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at hi...

    So Your Wife Wants to Work
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Handyman

    So You Want to Be a Handyman (1951)

    So You Want to Be a Handyman

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    Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves....

    So You Want to Be a Handyman
  • 1956
    So You Want to Play the Piano

    So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)

    So You Want to Play the Piano

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    Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed....

    So You Want to Play the Piano