Gordon Hollingshead Movies

  • 1948
    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House

    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...

    So You Want to Build a House
  • 1946
    So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses

    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
  • 1940
    Just a Cute Kid

    Just a Cute Kid

    Just a Cute Kid

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    When he has to pay a debt to a fearsome money lender, a man accepts the help of a friend who takes him to a scientist where he can sell his body, but...

    Just a Cute Kid
  • 1946
    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

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    Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
  • 1944
    The Battle for the Marianas

    The Battle for the Marianas

    The Battle for the Marianas

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    Successful but costly invasions of the Japanese-held islands of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, in the Mariannas chain.

    The Battle for the Marianas
  • 1939
    The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights

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    This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political...

    The Bill of Rights
  • 1942
    Men of the Sky

    Men of the Sky

    Men of the Sky

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    A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt....

    Men of the Sky
  • 1952
    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    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
  • 1950
    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

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    Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to...

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband
  • 1945
    Story of a Dog

    Story of a Dog

    Story of a Dog

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    A dog trains for the battlefield and becomes a crucial part of the United States military. This 1945 short documentary film was nominated for an...

    Story of a Dog
  • 1947
    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    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

    So You Want an Apartment

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    Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

    So You Want an Apartment
  • 1940
    Alice in Movieland

    Alice in Movieland

    Alice in Movieland

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    Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.

    Alice in Movieland
  • 1947
    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

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    A brief history of Stan Kenton's musical career from taxi-dance gigs to his successful big band orchestra.

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  • 1933
    Private Detective 62

    Private Detective 62

    Private Detective 62

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    A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at...

    Private Detective 62
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

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    Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.

    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
  • 1942
    Beyond the Line of Duty

    Beyond the Line of Duty

    Beyond the Line of Duty

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    This short film in support of the war effort focuses on the training and missions of Army Air Corps Captain Hewitt T. Wheless just after the U.S....

    Beyond the Line of Duty
  • 1948
    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective

    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
  • 1939
    Quiet, Please

    Quiet, Please

    Quiet, Please

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    A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.

    Quiet, Please
  • 1947
    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    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