Movie: So You Want to Hold Your Wife

Top 7 Billed Cast

George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes

Art Gilmore
Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Jane Harker
Jane Harker

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Frank Moran
Frank Moran

Trucker at Party (uncredited)

Mabel Smaney
Mabel Smaney

Woman (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope
Ted Stanhope

Slumber Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Sid Troy
Sid Troy

Trucker at Party (uncredited)

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.

  • Release Date

    1947-11-22

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    5

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    2.5 starts
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