So You Want to Be in Pictures is a 1947 one-reel short film in the Joe McDoakes series. It was written and directed by Richard L. Bare. Cast Main George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes Art Gilmore as Narrator Cameo appearance/Uncredited Jack Carson as Man Giving Directions George Chandler as Sammy Clyde Cook as Actor in Army Scene Bess Flowers as Woman with Sunglasses Jane Harker as Alice McDoakes Robert Hutton as Himself Wayne Morris as Himself Janis Paige as Herself Ronald Reagan as Himself Ralph Sanford as Anthony Anguish Alexis Smith as Herself Martha Vickers as Herself References External links 1947 films American black-and-white films 1947 comedy films Warner Bros. short films 1947 short films American comedy short films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films