''That's My Baby!'' is a 1944 American film directed by

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and starring

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, and

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Plot

Phineas Moody, the head of Moody Comics is in terrible health. His worried daughter Betty calls in two doctors who discover that Phineas hasn't laughed in decades. Betty and her future husband Tim Jones fill the Moody mansion full of a variety of

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acts to make Phineas laugh again. When that fails, the pair track down Phineas's estranged wife Hettie, who Betty hasn't seen since childhood. The film concludes with the making of an animated cartoon that is shown to Phineas and Hettie.

Cast

as Tim Jones *

as Betty Moody *

as Doctor Svatsky *

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as R. P. (Phineas) Moody * Richard Bailey as Hilton Payne *

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as Miss Wilson *

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as Hettie Moody *

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as Doctor Calloway * P.J. Kelly as Henry Austin, Barber *

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as Office Boy * Jack Chefe as Pierre, a Waiter * Mike Riley and His Musical Maniacs as Themselves * Freddie Fisher and His Schnikelfritz Orchestra as Themselves *

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as herself, Isabelita *

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as Themselves *

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as the Boogie-Woogie Piano Player *

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as Themselves *

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as Office Worker Comedy Routine *

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as himself *

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as herself *

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as himself (Russian Singer) * Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra as Themselves * Al Mardo and His Dog as Themselves * Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham as Pigmeat, the Butler

External links

* * 1944 films 1944 comedy-drama films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films Republic Pictures films Films directed by William A. Berke American comedy-drama films 1940s American films English-language comedy-drama films {{1940s-comedy-drama-film-stub