Wedlock Deadlock
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Wedlock Deadlock | |
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Directed by | Edward Bernds |
Written by | Clyde Bruckman Elwood Ullman |
Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
Starring | Joe DeRita Christine McIntyre Patsy Moran Esther Howard Charles Williams Dorothy Granger |
Edited by | Henry DeMond |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Wedlock Deadlock was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on December 18, 1947 and starring Joe DeRita, who later joined the Three Stooges and became "Curly Joe" DeRita. The supporting cast features Dorothy Granger and Norman Ollestead. This was the third of four shorts in the Joe DeRita series produced by Columbia from 1946-1948; all entries were remakes of other Columbia shorts.
Plot
Just as Eddie (Joe DeRita) and his bride Betty (Christine McIntyre) are getting settled into their new home, her irascible family comes to visit.
Cast
- Joe DeRita - Eddie
- Christine McIntyre - Betty
- Esther Howard - Mother
- Charles Williams - Chester
- Patsy Moran - Aunt Hortense
- William Newell - Dick
- Dorothy Granger - Ruby
Notes
Wedlock Deadlock is a remake of the Monte Collins short film Unrelated Relations (1936).