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So You're Going to Be a Father

May 10, 1947

0h 11m

★ 4.3

Overview

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Richard L. Bare Productions

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Cast

Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes

George O'Hanlon

Narrator (voice)

Art Gilmore

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Doctor (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

Leo White

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