So You Want to Hold Your Husband

Part of So You Want... Collection

1950•10m

DocumentaryComedy

Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.

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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Rice - Curry's Partner

Phyllis Coates

Phyllis Coates

Alice McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Soap Opera Narrator

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Lamb - Curry's Partner

Ted Stanhope

Ted Stanhope

Curry - Marriage Counsellor / Baby McDoakes

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