Richard L. Bare Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1956
    So You Want to Play the Piano

    So You Want to Play the Piano

    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...

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

    So You Want to Keep Your Hair

    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
  • 1953
    So You Think You Can't Sleep

    So You Think You Can't Sleep

    So You Think You Can't Sleep

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    Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.

    So You Think You Can't Sleep
  • 1958
    Girl on the Run

    Girl on the Run

    Girl on the Run

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    A Hollywood private eye (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) seeks a singer being stalked by a hired killer.

    Girl on the Run
  • 1934
    The Oval Portrait

    The Oval Portrait

    The Oval Portrait

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    An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent...

    The Oval Portrait
  • 1942
    So You Want to Give Up Smoking

    So You Want to Give Up Smoking

    So You Want to Give Up Smoking

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    A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the habit.

    So You Want to Give Up Smoking
  • 1950
    So You Want to Throw a Party

    So You Want to Throw a Party

    So You Want to Throw a Party

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    Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The...

    So You Want to Throw a Party
  • 1956
    So You Think the Grass Is Greener

    So You Think the Grass Is Greener

    So You Think the Grass Is Greener

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    When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married...

    So You Think the Grass Is Greener
  • 1947
    So You're Going on a Vacation

    So You're Going on a Vacation

    So You're Going on a Vacation

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    Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.

    So You're Going on a Vacation
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.

    So You Want to Be a Plumber
  • 1952
    So You Want to Go to a Convention

    So You Want to Go to a Convention

    So You Want to Go to a Convention

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    Joe has to find a way to go to a convention.

    So You Want to Go to a Convention
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    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...

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor
  • 1949
    So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

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    Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and...

    So You Want to Be an Actor
  • 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
  • 1954
    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

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    Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restaurant. Complaining customers and a sanitation...

    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
  • 1953
    So You Want to Be an Heir

    So You Want to Be an Heir

    So You Want to Be an Heir

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    Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members.

    So You Want to Be an Heir
  • 1949
    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

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    Joe wants to be a muscle man.

    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
  • 1942
    So You Think You Need Glasses

    So You Think You Need Glasses

    So You Think You Need Glasses

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    A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.

    So You Think You Need Glasses