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Calling all classic movie fans! If you love classic film and you love to see these classics on a big screen with others, this is the group for you. Looking forward to meeting fellow classic film enthusiasts.
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•OnlineDiscussion of "Stand-In"
OnlineStand-In (1937) is a screwball comedy directed by Tay Garnett and starring Lesley Howard and Joan Blondell that offers a satirical glimpse into the workings of the Hollywood studio system during the Great Depression. The story centers on Atterbury Dodd (Howard), a reserved and highly mathematical financial efficiency expert from a Wall Street bank. Dodd is sent to Tinseltown to investigate the failing finances of a fictional motion picture company, Colossal Pictures. Armed only with his ledgers and logic, he is tasked with determining if the studio is worth saving or if it should be sold off.
Upon arrival, the analytical Dodd finds himself completely unprepared for the chaotic, extravagant, and often nonsensical reality of filmmaking. He quickly meets Lester Plum (Blondell), a cheerful, street-smart former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio’s temperamental lead actress. Lester, having a wealth of practical Hollywood experience, takes the bewildered accountant under her wing. She attempts to teach him about the unpredictable nature of the movie business—a world where human emotion and creative whims often outweigh balance sheets and sound economic principles.
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