Richard L. Bare

Richard L. Bare

Richard Leland Bare (August 12, 1913 – March 28, 2015) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter of television shows and short films. Born in Turlock, California, he attended USC School of Cinematic Arts where he directed his most notable student film, The Oval Portrait, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story. He became notable post-graduation for writing and directing the Joe McDoakes series of short films for Warner Brothers between 1942 and 1956, featuring George O'Hanlon in the title role. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Title: Richard L. Bare
  • Popularity: 2.225
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1913-08-12
  • Place of Birth: Turlock, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Richard Leland Bare, Richard Bare, Richard L.Bare
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Richard L. Bare Movies

  • 1951
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    The Screen Director

    The Screen Director

    6 1951 HD

    A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

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  • 2002
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    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    1 2002 HD

    The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

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  • 1949
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    The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

    4.5 1949 HD

    Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's...

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  • 1949
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    Flaxy Martin

    Flaxy Martin

    5.7 1949 HD

    Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also...

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  • 1948
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    Smart Girls Don't Talk

    Smart Girls Don't Talk

    5.5 1948 HD

    A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.

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  • 1950
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    This Side of the Law

    This Side of the Law

    4.7 1950 HD

    A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment.

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  • 1969
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    Pioneer Spirit

    Pioneer Spirit

    1 1969 HD

    Three urban couples decide to chuck the hustle and bustle of the big city for the pastoral calm of country living.

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  • 1960
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    This Rebel Breed

    This Rebel Breed

    6 1960 HD

    To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high...

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  • 1973
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    Wicked, Wicked

    Wicked, Wicked

    5.1 1973 HD

    Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt. Ramsey, the hotel's detective, has no...

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  • 1973
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    Wicked, Wicked

    Wicked, Wicked

    5.1 1973 HD

    Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt. Ramsey, the hotel's detective, has no...

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  • 1973
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    Wicked, Wicked

    Wicked, Wicked

    5.1 1973 HD

    Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt. Ramsey, the hotel's detective, has no...

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  • 1950
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    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    5.7 1950 HD

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

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  • 1950
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    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    5.7 1950 HD

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

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  • 1950
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    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    So You Think You're Not Guilty

    5.7 1950 HD

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

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  • 1958
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    Girl on the Run

    Girl on the Run

    1 1958 HD

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

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective

    6.8 1948 HD

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

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective

    6.8 1948 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    6.1 1957 HD

    In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the...

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Buy a Used Car

    So You Want to Buy a Used Car

    1 1951 HD

    In need of a new vehicle, Joe goes to the Cagey Car Company lot to get a used car,... with predictable results.

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    5.8 1947 HD

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

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    5.8 1947 HD

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

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    1 1951 HD

    "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...

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    So You Want to Be a Bachelor

    1 1951 HD

    "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...

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    5 1952 HD

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

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    5 1952 HD

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

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be in Politics

    So You Want to Be in Politics

    1 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.

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  • 1949
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    So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

    So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

    1 1949 HD

    Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.

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  • 1934
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    The Oval Portrait

    The Oval Portrait

    1 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House

    4.5 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    So You Want to Give Up Smoking

    So You Want to Give Up Smoking

    1 1942 HD

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

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    4.7 1948 HD

    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.

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  • 1942
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    So You Think You Need Glasses

    So You Think You Need Glasses

    4 1942 HD

    A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems. (Taken from the imdb page)

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  • 1968
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    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    3.9 1968 HD

    It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets...

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  • 1968
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    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    3.9 1968 HD

    It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets...

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  • 1968
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    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    3.9 1968 HD

    It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets...

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  • 1968
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    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

    3.9 1968 HD

    It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets...

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  • 1948
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    So You Want an Apartment

    So You Want an Apartment

    4 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

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  • 1947
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    So You're Going to Be a Father

    So You're Going to Be a Father

    4.3 1947 HD

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

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

    5 1947 HD

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

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  • 1946
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    So You Want to Keep Your Hair

    So You Want to Keep Your Hair

    6 1946 HD

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

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  • 1946
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    So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses

    6 1946 HD

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

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  • 1950
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    Return of the Frontiersman

    Return of the Frontiersman

    4.4 1950 HD

    A sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer.

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  • 1953
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    Prisoners of the Casbah

    Prisoners of the Casbah

    5.4 1953 HD

    A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his...

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  • 1951
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    The Screen Director

    The Screen Director

    6 1951 HD

    A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

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  • 1951
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    The Screen Director

    The Screen Director

    6 1951 HD

    A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

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  • 1946
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    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    6 1946 HD

    Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

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  • 1939
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    Two Gun Troubador

    Two Gun Troubador

    1 1939 HD

    Twenty-two years earlier Kirk Dean murdered his brother Fred Dean Sr. Now Fred Dean Jr. is looking for his father's killer. Unknown to Fred, Bill...

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  • 1939
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    Two Gun Troubador

    Two Gun Troubador

    1 1939 HD

    Twenty-two years earlier Kirk Dean murdered his brother Fred Dean Sr. Now Fred Dean Jr. is looking for his father's killer. Unknown to Fred, Bill...

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  • 1950
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    So You Want a Raise

    So You Want a Raise

    6 1950 HD

    Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a...

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  • 1950
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    So You Want to Move

    So You Want to Move

    1 1950 HD

    Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

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  • 1956
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    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    7 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    7 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    So Your Wife Wants to Work

    7 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    So You Want a Model Railroad

    So You Want a Model Railroad

    1 1955 HD

    Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and...

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  • 1955
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    So You Want a Model Railroad

    So You Want a Model Railroad

    1 1955 HD

    Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and...

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  • 1955
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    So You Want a Model Railroad

    So You Want a Model Railroad

    1 1955 HD

    Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and...

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  • 1950
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    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    1 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    1 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 2019
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    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    10 2019 HD

    Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom...

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  • 1950
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    Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

    Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

    1 1950 HD

    An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his...

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    8.5 1955 HD

    Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    8.5 1955 HD

    Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.

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  • 1947
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    So You're Going on a Vacation

    So You're Going on a Vacation

    6 1947 HD

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

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  • 1947
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    So You're Going on a Vacation

    So You're Going on a Vacation

    6 1947 HD

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

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  • 1945
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    So You Think You're Allergic

    So You Think You're Allergic

    4 1945 HD

    Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

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  • 1945
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    So You Think You're Allergic

    So You Think You're Allergic

    4 1945 HD

    Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

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  • 1949
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    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

    1 1949 HD

    Joe wants to be a muscle man.

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  • 1949
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    So You're Having In-Law Trouble

    So You're Having In-Law Trouble

    1 1949 HD

    Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.

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  • 1949
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    So You Want to Get Rich Quick

    So You Want to Get Rich Quick

    1 1949 HD

    Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    4.7 1948 HD

    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be on the Radio

    So You Want to Be on the Radio

    5.7 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen...

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  • 1950
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    So You're Going to Have an Operation

    So You're Going to Have an Operation

    1 1950 HD

    A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.

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  • 1950
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    So You're Going to Have an Operation

    So You're Going to Have an Operation

    1 1950 HD

    A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be on the Radio

    So You Want to Be on the Radio

    5.7 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen...

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  • 1949
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    So You Want to Be Popular

    So You Want to Be Popular

    1 1949 HD

    Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox

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  • 1949
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    So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

    1 1949 HD

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

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  • 1950
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    So You Want to Throw a Party

    So You Want to Throw a Party

    4 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    So You Want to Move

    So You Want to Move

    1 1950 HD

    Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

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  • 1950
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    So You Want a Raise

    So You Want a Raise

    6 1950 HD

    Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a...

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Handyman

    So You Want to Be a Handyman

    1 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Cowboy

    So You Want to Be a Cowboy

    1 1951 HD

    Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie shown on the screen as Jump-Along Skip-Along McGur

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

    So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

    1 1951 HD

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

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    3 1951 HD

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

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Get It Wholesale

    So You Want to Get It Wholesale

    1 1952 HD

    Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible.

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Go to a Convention

    So You Want to Go to a Convention

    1 1952 HD

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

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  • 1952
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    So You Never Tell a Lie

    So You Never Tell a Lie

    1 1952 HD

    When a watch intended for a contest winner at the office gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again...

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  • 1952
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    So You're Going to the Dentist

    So You're Going to the Dentist

    1 1952 HD

    Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him become Marvin's first patient.

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  • 1953
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    So You Want to Be a Musician

    So You Want to Be a Musician

    1 1953 HD

    Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.

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  • 1953
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    So You Want to Learn to Dance

    So You Want to Learn to Dance

    1 1953 HD

    Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office.

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  • 1953
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    So You Want a Television Set

    So You Want a Television Set

    1 1953 HD

    Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their...

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  • 1953
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    So You Love Your Dog

    So You Love Your Dog

    1 1953 HD

    Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving information to the enemy, Joe brings him home...

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  • 1953
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    So You Think You Can't Sleep

    So You Think You Can't Sleep

    5 1953 HD

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

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  • 1953
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    So You Want to Be an Heir

    So You Want to Be an Heir

    1 1953 HD

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

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  • 1954
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    So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

    So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

    1 1954 HD

    Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor.

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

    So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

    1 1954 HD

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

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

    So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

    1 1954 HD

    In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and broke.

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Be a Banker

    So You Want to Be a Banker

    1 1954 HD

    Joe McDoakes graduates from Potash University and gets a job in a bank run by Harrington Arrington Farrington Jr, a former classmate.

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  • 1954
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    So You're Taking in a Roomer

    So You're Taking in a Roomer

    1 1954 HD

    Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    1 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    So You Don't Trust Your Wife

    So You Don't Trust Your Wife

    5 1955 HD

    When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a plot to murder him in everything she does.

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be a Gladiator

    So You Want to Be a Gladiator

    5 1955 HD

    Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the...

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be on a Jury

    So You Want to Be on a Jury

    1 1955 HD

    Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interference from both sides makes their task difficult.

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    So You Want to Be a V.P.

    8.5 1955 HD

    Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.

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  • 1955
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    So You Want to Be a Policeman

    So You Want to Be a Policeman

    1 1955 HD

    Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop.

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  • 1956
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    So You Think the Grass is Greener

    So You Think the Grass is Greener

    1 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    So You Want to Be Pretty

    So You Want to Be Pretty

    2 1956 HD

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

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  • 1956
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    So You Want to Play the Piano

    So You Want to Play the Piano

    4 1956 HD

    Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the...

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    2 1952 HD

    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.

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

    So You Want to Hold Your Wife

    5 1947 HD

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

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  • 1946
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    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    6 1946 HD

    Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    5 1947 HD

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

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    So You Want to Be a Salesman

    5 1947 HD

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

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  • 1946
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    So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses

    6 1946 HD

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

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  • 1946
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    Peeks at Hollywood

    Peeks at Hollywood

    1 1946 HD

    Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood.

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House

    4.5 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    The Grass Is Always Greener

    The Grass Is Always Greener

    5.3 1950 HD

    Oscar nominated short Western film. Ranch-hands get their ideas challenged when a stranger shows up, telling them how good they have things.

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    1 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    1 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    So You're Going to Be a Father

    So You're Going to Be a Father

    4.3 1947 HD

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

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    2 1952 HD

    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.

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  • 1952
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    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    So You Want to Enjoy Life

    2 1952 HD

    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.

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  • 1952
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    So You Never Tell a Lie

    So You Never Tell a Lie

    1 1952 HD

    When a watch intended for a contest winner at the office gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again...

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  • 1951
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    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    3 1951 HD

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

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  • 1956
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    So You Want to Be Pretty

    So You Want to Be Pretty

    2 1956 HD

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

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  • 1948
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    So You Want an Apartment

    So You Want an Apartment

    4 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.375 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6 1970 HD

    The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.9 1970 HD

    Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.133 1970 HD

    Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside,...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.838 1970 HD

    The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    7.292 1970 HD

    Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    8.445 1970 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.2 1970 HD

    Run, Joe, Run was a Saturday morning television program that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976. It centered around Joe, a German Shepherd in the...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    1 1970 HD

    Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood,...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.6 1970 HD

    Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.8 1970 HD

    Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.682 1970 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.847 1970 HD

    Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.407 1970 HD

    The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1970 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5 1970 HD

    Westwind is a young adult television action drama on the NBC Saturday morning line up. The show chronicled the adventures of the Andrews family as...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.7 1970 HD

    Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.3 1970 HD

    Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955,...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    7 1970 HD

    The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.333 1970 HD

    Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    8 1970 HD

    The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5 1970 HD

    Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.7 1970 HD

    The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and featuring Jack Elam broadcast during 1963. The short-lived...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    5.4 1970 HD

    Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    4.2 1970 HD

    Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.333 1970 HD

    Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    1 1970 HD

    Faraday & Company is an American crime drama series that aired in the 1973-1974 season. It starred Dan Dailey as Frank Faraday, a private...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    10 1970 HD

    This was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was part of a revolving group of shows that included Kings...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    8 1970 HD

    The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E38

    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    1 1970 HD

    The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication from October 1960, to July 1961. The series stars Rick...

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  • 1970
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    1 1970 HD

    The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication from October 1960, to July 1961. The series stars Rick...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    8 1970 HD

    The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane...

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