I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

1948

0h 8m

7.2(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their son-in-law.

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4 members

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Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

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Dave O'Brien

The Son-In-Law / Husband

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Anne O'Neal

The Mother-In-Law (uncredited)

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Dorothy Short

The Wife (uncredited)

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