Richard L. Bare Movie Trailers

So You Want to Be a Plumber Trailer (1951)

10 November 1951

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

So You Want to Hold Your Husband Trailer (1950)

01 July 1950

Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor.

So You Want to Build a House Trailer (1948)

15 May 1948

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.

So You Want to Be a Salesman Trailer (1947)

13 September 1947

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

So You Want to Be a V.P. Trailer (1955)

29 October 1955

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

So You Want to Wear the Pants Trailer (1952)

08 November 1952

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

So You Want to Be a Detective Trailer (1948)

26 June 1948

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

So You Want a Model Railroad Trailer (1955)

27 August 1955

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 become obsessed to the point he has built a railroad empire using all of his time, energy and money.

So You Think You Can't Sleep Trailer (1953)

31 October 1953

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

So You Want to Enjoy Life Trailer (1952)

29 March 1952

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.

So You Want to Be Popular Trailer (1949)

12 March 1949

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

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man Trailer (1949)

02 July 1949

Joe wants to be a muscle man.

So You're Going on a Vacation Trailer (1947)

05 July 1947

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

Pioneer Spirit Trailer (1969)

21 July 1969

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

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew Trailer (1968)

31 December 1968

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

So You Want to Know Your Relatives Trailer (1954)

18 December 1954

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 skeletons in the family closet.

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger Trailer (1951)

02 June 1951

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

So You're Going to Be a Father Trailer (1947)

10 May 1947

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

The Grass Is Always Greener Trailer (1950)

07 January 1950

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

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck Trailer (1946)

28 December 1946

Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

So Your Wife Wants to Work Trailer (1956)

14 July 1956

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.

Prisoners of the Casbah Trailer (1953)

03 November 1953

A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies.

So You Want a Television Set Trailer (1953)

23 May 1953

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 refrigerator.

So You Want to Be a Handyman Trailer (1951)

03 January 1951

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 and almost asphyxiate themselves.

So You Want to Be a Cowboy Trailer (1951)

14 April 1951

Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie showr

So You're Going to Have an Operation Trailer (1950)

02 December 1950

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

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story Trailer (2002)

05 February 2002

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 virtually disappeared from theaters.

So You Think You're Allergic Trailer (1945)

01 December 1945

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

So You Want to Move Trailer (1950)

19 August 1950

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

So You Want a Raise Trailer (1950)

23 September 1950

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.

So You Want to Get Rich Quick Trailer (1949)

28 October 1949

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

So You're Having In-Law Trouble Trailer (1949)

22 August 1949

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

Smart Girls Don't Talk Trailer (1948)

09 October 1948

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

Wicked, Wicked Trailer (1973)

13 June 1973

Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt.

This Rebel Breed Trailer (1960)

19 March 1960

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

The Oval Portrait Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

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.

So You Want to Be a Bachelor Trailer (1951)

22 September 1951

"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 with Alice.

Flaxy Martin Trailer (1949)

15 February 1949

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall.

The House Across the Street Trailer (1949)

10 September 1949

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 publisher, J.

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter Trailer (1949)

08 January 1949

Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.

So You Want to Go to a Convention Trailer (1952)

07 June 1952

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

The Screen Director Trailer (1951)

13 March 1951

A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.

Girl on the Run Trailer (1958)

10 October 1958

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

So You Want to Give Up Smoking Trailer (1942)

14 November 1942

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

So You Want to Play the Piano Trailer (1956)

05 May 1956

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

So You Want to Get It Wholesale Trailer (1952)

12 January 1952

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

Two Gun Troubador Trailer (1939)

05 March 1939

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

So You Want to Be on a Jury Trailer (1955)

07 May 1955

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.

So You Love Your Dog Trailer (1953)

01 August 1953

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 with him.

So You Want to Be in Politics Trailer (1948)

02 October 1948

Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.

So You Never Tell a Lie Trailer (1952)

02 August 1952

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.

So You Think the Grass Is Greener Trailer (1956)

28 January 1956

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 to the beautiful office blonde.

So You Want to Buy a Used Car Trailer (1951)

02 July 1951

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

So You Want to Be a Gambler Trailer (1948)

14 February 1948

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

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub Trailer (1954)

01 May 1954

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

Return of the Frontiersman Trailer (1950)

24 June 1950

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

So You Don't Trust Your Wife Trailer (1955)

29 January 1955

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.

So You Want to Be on the Radio Trailer (1948)

06 November 1948

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.

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss Trailer (1954)

14 March 1954

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

So You Want to Be a Musician Trailer (1953)

10 January 1953

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