Directed by Harvey Keith. With Katherine Morris, Costas Mandylor, Jordan Ladd, Daphne Zuniga. Hollywood. 1937. The Golden Age of Cinema. Six women, who come to Hollywood with the dream of becoming famous, find themselves working as stand-ins to the glamorous stars of the era. They gather at their local watering hole for a birthday celebration where they share their hopes and dreams with the ...

Stand-ins allow the director of photography to light the set and the camera department to light and focus scenes while the actors are absent. The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue ("lines") and walk through ("blocking") the scenes to be filmed.

English Language Learners Definition of stand-in : a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else for a period of time Keep scrolling for more More from Merriam-Webster on stand-in

A Stand-in grabbed at a microphone, but before he made the call the interference stopped—a few seconds before the appointed time. Masked and prepared, a Stand-in whistled a tune to the door, which had changed its combination since the last time.

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