Movie: The Domineering Male

Top 6 Billed Cast

Pete Smith
Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Party Hostess (uncredited)

Margaret Bert
Margaret Bert

Gertrude's Mother (uncredited)

William Newell
William Newell

Marriage Proposer (uncredited)

Sally Payne
Sally Payne

Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor
Ferris Taylor

Gertrude's Father (uncredited)

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    This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

  • Release Date

    1940-03-30

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    6

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    English
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