So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956): Cast
So Your Wife Wants to Work is a 1956 short comedy directed by Richard L. Bare, starring Phyllis Coates as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), Lester Dorr and Emory Parnell. It runs 10 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Director
- Richard L. Bare
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
-
English - Studio
- Richard L. Bare Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is So Your Wife Wants to Work About?
The premise of So Your Wife Wants to Work without spoilers.
Alice McDoakes decides she wants to re‑enter the workforce to boost the family’s earnings, but Joe prefers she remain at home handling the house. When she threatens to quit and take her old job, Joe reluctantly offers to find her a position in his own office, setting up a series of comic mishaps as they navigate the new dynamic.
So Your Wife Wants to Work Themes & Keywords
· 22 tags- joe mcdoakes character
- written by director
- reading a newspaper
- reference to john d. rockefeller
- husband wife relationship
- boss
- blowing away dust
- reference to davy crockett
- misogyny
- fired from a job
- office
- scheme
+10 more Show fewer
- plan gone wrong
- office manager
- married couple
- housework
- breaking the fourth wall
- bookkeeper
- bar
- bartender
- barefoot
- baby
So Your Wife Wants to Work Cast & Characters
Phyllis Coates leads the cast as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), with Lester Dorr as Harry (uncredited) and Emory Parnell as Mr. Batten (uncredited). Directed by Richard L. Bare; 6 actors are credited in all.
- Director Richard L. Bare
- Phyllis Coates as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- Lester Dorr as Harry (uncredited)
- Emory Parnell as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
- George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes
Also Starring in So Your Wife Wants to Work
· 2 more- Steve Carruthers Co-Worker (uncredited)
- Norman Stevens Bar Patron (uncredited)
More from Richard L. Bare
More films directed by Richard L. Bare: Wicked, Wicked, This Rebel Breed, Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend and So You Want to Play the Piano.
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So Your Wife Wants to Work FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of So Your Wife Wants to Work, each answered in a sentence.
How long is So Your Wife Wants to Work?
So Your Wife Wants to Work runs 10 minutes.
When was So Your Wife Wants to Work released?
So Your Wife Wants to Work was released on July 14, 1956.
Who directed So Your Wife Wants to Work?
So Your Wife Wants to Work was directed by Richard L. Bare.
More films by Richard L. Bare Who is in the cast of So Your Wife Wants to Work?
So Your Wife Wants to Work stars Phyllis Coates as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), Lester Dorr as Harry (uncredited) and Emory Parnell as Mr. Batten (uncredited), among 6 credited actors.
Does So Your Wife Wants to Work have a post-credit scene?
No. So Your Wife Wants to Work has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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