Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Hitchcoc As all the animators at Warner Brothers run off for lunch, Porky Pig has just been drawn on an artist's pad. He comes to life, only to hear the voice of Daffy Duck, who is in a picture on the wall. Daffy begins to coerce Porky into demanding to be in legitimate pictures. Porky goes to the boss's office and makes demands and ends up quitting. The boss wishes him well and off he goes to a different movie studio. Things don't go so smoothly. First of all, he's supposed to be a leading man, opposite stars like Rita Hayworth. Let's not forget he is a pig with a severe stuttering problem. He has an encounter with a security guard, who chases him across the lot. Anyway, the joining of actual film and animation is pretty interesting. Of course, once Porky is out the door, Daffy is in the boss's office trying to move up in the business. Nicely done little cartoon.

ccthemovieman-1 Wow, this is different, and way ahead of its time, that's for sure. You have a 1940 cartoon that mixes live characters with cartoon ones, such as Porky Pig. This is almost a half-century before "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out!We are at the artist's studio where Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are drawn and when everyone goes to lunch, Daffy comes alive and asks Porky, "Say, you want a good job?""I know where you can get a good job in features as Bette Davis' leading man," says the duckster. Porky is reluctant, saying he already as a good job and a contract but Daffy, sounding the Devil pouring bad advice into Porky's ear, advises him to go up and tell the boss that "I quit." Unfortunately for Porky, Daffy's advice wasn't very good.I loved Porky's line to the boss: "What's Errol Flynn got that I haven't?"Notes: It was interesting to see Looney Tunes producer Leon Schlesinger, although he wasn't much of an actor, and the voice behind all these famous characters, Mel Blanc, who plays both a security guard and a stagehand......This cartoon runs almost 10 minutes, which is several minutes longer than normal.

slymusic Directed by Friz Freleng and starring Porky Pig & Daffy Duck, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" is quite an exceptional Warner Bros. cartoon. Amidst real-life settings and flesh-and-blood people, the selfish Daffy persuades the shy Porky to get out of cartoons and enter into big-budget features. The Porky that we see in this live-action cartoon is the Porky that I really like; he is sweet, shy, honest, kindhearted, friendly, hard-working, and earnest. In other words, he has all the human characteristics that I admire.Highlights: At the opening of this short, we hear a wonderfully orchestrated version of the popular song "You Oughta Be in Pictures" as all of the cartoon staff at Warner Bros. arrive for "work." Porky has a run-in with a studio guard (played by writer Michael Maltese, with Mel Blanc's voice dubbed in) and later disguises himself as Oliver Hardy in order to try to get past the guard. Daffy tries to prove to producer Leon Schlesinger that he is a much better performer than Porky is; he sings and dances up a storm while Leon pays no attention. And Porky demonstrates his earnestness most effectively when he persuades Leon to let him out of his cartoon contract so that he may try his hand at features.To summarize, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" is quite superb for a Warner Bros. cartoon. Lovable Porky and obnoxious Daffy get to interact humorously with live-action people, and as a result, this black-and-white cartoon is simply a gem. Don't miss it!

movieman_kev On the urging of Daffy Duck (who has ulterior motives), Porky Pig decides to quit the business of making animated shorts to pursue live action movie roles in this curiosity of a short from 1940 that blends animation and live action. Only worth seeing for the sheer novelty of the experimental blending, this short isn't that humorous and the acting of the guard in particular is way too over the top. But as it is, t's still better than the awful "Space Jam" that did the same thing, but WAY worse in every way. This animated short can be seen on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Jerry Beck.My Grade: C+