Stand-In

Stand-In (1937)

Hail! The conquering hero comes!

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.

Date of release
1937-10-29
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Tay Garnett

Casting

Interesting facts

Stand-In is a 1937 American screwball comedy directed by Tay Garnett and starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell and Humphrey Bogart. The film's screenplay was written by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker from a story by Clarence Budington Kelland. It was produced by independent producer Walter Wanger, and released by United Artists. The film is set in Hollywood and satirizes the film industry during the classical Hollywood era.

Production

Stand-In is based on the story Kelland, Clarence Budington (February 13, 1937). "Stand-In". The Saturday Evening Post..

PCA Director Joseph Breen found the story submitted to the PCA in Mar 1937 "unacceptable" because of the portrayal of "Thelma Cheri" as a "loose woman" and that of other characters as being involved in "illicit sex relations." Breen also commented, "The specific and general treatment of the characters and situations, which reflect unfavorably upon the motion picture industry and its personnel, is objectionable from the point of view of general in…

Joan Blondell, after working on the 1937 film The Perfect Specimen for Warner Bros. Pictures, was cast in Stand-In (a Walter Wanger Productions, Inc. production and a United Artists release) as part of a "studio talent swap." She reportedly enjoyed the working environment of Stand-In.

In Garnett's autobiography, he relates that after Bogart's wife, Mayo Methot, complained that Bogart was only getting "heavy" parts, Garnett convinced Walter Wanger to use Bogart in this role, hoping that it would lead to romantic leads for him.

Bogart was loaned from Warner Bros. Pictures.

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