So You're Going to Be a Father

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

1947

0h 11min

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Top Billed Cast

George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Jane Harker
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Doctor (uncredited)
Leo White
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

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