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Vintage poster for "Stand-In" (1937) featuring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, and Humphrey Bogart in a vibrant design.

Stand In (1937)

A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.

Cast:
Atterbury Dodd: Leslie Howard
Lester Plum: Joan Blondell
Douglas Quintain: Humphrey Bogart
Koslofski: Alan Mowbray
Thelma Cheri: Marla Shelton
Ivor Nassau: C. Henry Gordon
Tom Potts: Jack Carson
Fowler Pettypacker: Tully Marshall
Junior Pettypacker: J.C. Nugent
Cyrus Pettypacker: William V. Mong
Director of Photography: Art Baker
Dancer: Ralph Brooks
Elvira: Marianne Edwards
Woman at Studio Gate: Jinx Falkenburg
Studio Gate Guard: Jim Farley
Nightclub Bouncer: Pat Flaherty
Bank Board Member: Harry Myers
Man at Studio Gate: John George
Assistant Director: Pat Gleason
Racetrack Announcer: Tom Harmon
Set Decorator: Al Hill
Mrs. Mack: Esther Howard
Hotel Manager: Olin Howland
Hollywood Reporter: Rush Hughes
Scriptwriter: Rollo Lloyd
Naomi - Silent Screen Star: Mary MacLaren
Head Juicer: George Magrill
Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln: Charles Middleton
Studio Guard: Bruce Mitchell
Phone Operator: Frances Morris
Party Guest: Edmund Mortimer
Elvira's Mother: Anne O'Neal
Fowler's Butler: Tom Ricketts
Girl: Barbara Roberts
Little Person Entering Studio Gate: Angelo Rossitto
Studio Mob Member: Harry Tenbrook
Tommy: Emerson Treacy
Sir Geoffrey - 'Sex and Satan': Theodore von Eltz
Starlet: Poppy Wilde
Mr. Mack: Charles Williams
Studio Employee: Harry Woods
Quintain's Houseboy: Otto Yamaoka

Written by: Clarence Budington Kelland, Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker

Director: Tay Garnett

Production: United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions

Release date: 29 Oct 1937
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