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  • So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)
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    Short | 10 min | Comedy, Short
So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)
Approved
Short | 10 min | Comedy, Short

Joe McDoakes is new at selling vacuum cleaners and, despite using every technique and approach in the manual, he fails to sell even one, as his wife also refuses to buy one. He is fired and ends up doing singing commercials on the radio.
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Director
Richard L. Bare (as Richard Bare)
Writer
Richard L. Bare (written by) (as Richard Bare)
Composer
Cinematographer
Frederick Gately (as Fred Gately)
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Updated Sep 13, 1947

Release date
Sep 13, 1947 (United States)

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Cast

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9 cast members
Name Known for
George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes Joe McDoakes   See fewer
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Leon Alton
Salesman (uncredited) Salesman (uncredited)   See fewer
Leonard Bremen
Sales Manager's Assistant (uncredited) Sales Manager's Assistant (uncredited)   See fewer
Jane Harker
Alice McDoakes (uncredited) Alice McDoakes (uncredited)   See fewer
Rose Plumer
First Customer (uncredited) First Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Stanhope
Sales Manager (uncredited) Sales Manager (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Sullivan
Third Customer (uncredited) Third Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
Lottie Williams
Second Customer (uncredited) Second Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
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