Movies: Richard L Bare Productions
- 1948
So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
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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....
- 1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
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Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence....
- 1948
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)
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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 as participants....
- 1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
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Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in....
- 1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling....
- 1947
So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father....
- 1948
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
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Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting....
- 1956
So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
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In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better....
- 1947
So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)
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Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives....
- 1948
So You Want to Build a House (1948)
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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 into a nightmare....
- 1947
So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice....
- 1956
So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)
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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 accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed....
- 1955
So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)
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Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks....
- 1955
So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)
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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 lyre for King Nero....
- 1955
So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)
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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....
- 1952
So You Never Tell a Lie (1952)
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When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end....
- 1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
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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....
- 1951
So You Want to Be a Plumber (1951)
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber....
- 1950
So You Want a Raise (1950)
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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 raise....
- 1956
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)
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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 Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at hi...