I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) on Netflix
Libby Tucker, 19, leaves Brooklyn for Hollywood to become an actress and to find the father she has not seen in 16 years, Herbert Tucker. She meets Steffy Blondell, his girlfriend.
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Plot summary
Libby Tucker, a 19-year-old from Brooklyn, visits her grandmother's grave and announces that she is going to Hollywood to become an actress and to find her father, Herbert Tucker, a screenwriter. She takes a bus to Denver and hitchhikes the rest of the way, then loses her nerve when she telephones him and hangs up. The next morning she goes to the house where he lives and meets Steffy Blondell, his girlfriend, who invites her inside. Steffy leaves, and Herb wakes to see the daughter he has not seen in sixteen years. They talk about the family he left behind in Brooklyn, including Libby's younger brother Robbie, and quarrel about her acting ambitions. When Steffy returns, Libby runs out.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Dinah Manoff was the only member of the original Broadway cast to reprise her role in the film, playing Libby Tucker again after starring in the 1980 stage production.
- Randy Crawford's single "One Hello," written by Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch, was released on June 3, 1981, nine months before the film's premiere, and appeared on her album Windsong.
