Wedlock Deadlock

Wedlock Deadlock
Wedlock Deadlock
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Screenplay by	Elwood Ullman
Story by	Clyde Bruckman
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
Release date	December 18, 1947;
Running time	16:20
Country	United States
Language	English

Wedlock Deadlock is an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on December 18, 1947 and starring Joe DeRita. The supporting cast features Dorothy Granger and Norman Ollestead. It 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.^[1]

Premise

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

Production notes

Wedlock Deadlock is a remake of the Monte Collins short film Unrelated Relations (1936).^[1]

DeRita did not think highly of his output at Columbia Pictures, once commenting, "My comedy in those scripts was limited to getting hit on the head with something, then going over to my screen wife to say, 'Honey, don't leave me!' For this kind of comedy material, you could have gotten a busboy to do it and it would have been just as funny."^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Wedlock Deadlock at threestooges.net
^ Maurer, Joan Howard; Jeff Lenburg; Greg Lenburg (2012) [1982]. The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. pp. 52–59. ISBN 978-1-61374-074-3. Archived from the original on 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

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[dotnet-1] Wedlock Deadlock at threestooges.net

[scrapbook-2] Maurer, Joan Howard; Jeff Lenburg; Greg Lenburg (2012) [1982]. The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. pp. 52–59. ISBN 978-1-61374-074-3. Archived from the original on 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

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