So You Want to Hold Your Wife

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So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

0h 11m

6.4(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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

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7 members

Acting

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes

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Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Acting

Jane Harker

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Acting

Frank Moran

Trucker at Party (uncredited)

Acting

Mabel Smaney

Woman (uncredited)

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Ted Stanhope

Slumber Shop Clerk (uncredited)

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Sid Troy

Trucker at Party (uncredited)

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