''Wedlock Deadlock'' is an American comedy short released by

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on December 18, 1947 and starring

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. The supporting cast features

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and Norman Ollestead. It was the third of four shorts in the Joe DeRita series produced by Columbia from 1946-1948; all entries were

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s of other Columbia shorts.''Wedlock Deadlock'' at threestooges.net
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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

- Eddie *

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- Betty *

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- Mother * Charles Williams - Chester *Patsy Moran - Aunt Hortense * William Newell - Dick *

- Ruby

Production notes

''Wedlock Deadlock'' is a remake of the

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short film ''Unrelated Relations'' (1936). 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

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to do it and it would have been just as funny."

References

External links

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''Wedlock Deadlock'' at threestooges.net
Columbia Pictures short films Short film remakes 1947 films Short films directed by Edward Bernds American comedy short films 1947 comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films {{short-comedy-film-stub