So You're Going to Be a Father

So You're Going to Be a Father

5.8
0h 11m
1947
Comedy

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

Cast & Crew

Richard L. Bare

Director

Richard L. Bare

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

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19427.5

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

So You Think You Need Glasses
19425.2

So You Think You Need Glasses

So You Think You're Allergic
19456.3

So You Think You're Allergic

So You Want to Play the Horses
19466.5

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Keep Your Hair
19467.0

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
19466.6

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

So You're Going to Be a Father
19475.8Watching

So You're Going to Be a Father

So You Want to Be in Pictures
19476.6

So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be a Salesman
19476.3

So You Want to Be a Salesman

So You Want to Hold Your Wife
19476.4

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

So You Want an Apartment
19485.9

So You Want an Apartment

So You Want to Be a Gambler
19485.6

So You Want to Be a Gambler

So You Want to Build a House
19486.0

So You Want to Build a House

So You Want to Be a Detective
19486.8

So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be in Politics
194810.0

So You Want to Be in Politics

So You Want to Be on the Radio
19486.3

So You Want to Be on the Radio

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
194910.0

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

So You Want to Be Popular
19498.0

So You Want to Be Popular

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
19498.0

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

So You're Having In-Law Trouble
194910.0

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

So You Want to Get Rich Quick
19498.0

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

So You Want to Throw a Party
19507.0

So You Want to Throw a Party

So You Think You're Not Guilty
19506.1

So You Think You're Not Guilty

So You Want to Hold Your Husband
19509.0

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

So You Want to Move
19508.0

So You Want to Move

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195010.0

So You're Going to Have an Operation

So You Want to Be a Handyman
19518.0

So You Want to Be a Handyman

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19519.0

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
19517.0

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

So You Want to Buy a Used Car
195110.0

So You Want to Buy a Used Car

So You Want to Be a Bachelor
195110.0

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

So You Want to Be a Plumber
19515.7

So You Want to Be a Plumber

So You Want to Get It Wholesale
195210.0

So You Want to Get It Wholesale

So You Want to Enjoy Life
19526.3

So You Want to Enjoy Life

So You Want to Go to a Convention
19529.0

So You Want to Go to a Convention

So You Never Tell a Lie
19526.7

So You Never Tell a Lie

So You're Going to the Dentist
19529.0

So You're Going to the Dentist

So You Want to Wear the Pants
19526.3

So You Want to Wear the Pants

So You Want to Be a Musician
19539.0

So You Want to Be a Musician

So You Want a Television Set
19538.0

So You Want a Television Set

So You Love Your Dog
195310.0

So You Love Your Dog

So You Think You Can't Sleep
19536.5

So You Think You Can't Sleep

So You Want to Be an Heir
19537.0

So You Want to Be an Heir

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble
19547.0

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
195410.0

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub
19549.0

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

So You're Taking in a Roomer
195410.0

So You're Taking in a Roomer

So You Want to Know Your Relatives
195410.0

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

So You Don't Trust Your Wife
19557.3

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

So You Want to Be a Gladiator
19556.3

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

So You Want to Be on a Jury
19559.0

So You Want to Be on a Jury

So You Want a Model Railroad
19557.0

So You Want a Model Railroad

So You Want to Be a V.P.
19558.8

So You Want to Be a V.P.

So You Want to Be a Policeman
19557.0

So You Want to Be a Policeman

So You Think the Grass Is Greener
19567.0

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

So You Want to Be Pretty
19564.0

So You Want to Be Pretty

So You Want to Play the Piano
19566.3

So You Want to Play the Piano

So Your Wife Wants to Work
19567.3

So Your Wife Wants to Work

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