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

William Berke William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a three-dec ...

and starring

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, Ellen Drew, 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 * Ellen Drew as Betty Moody *

as Doctor Svatsky *

Minor Watson Minor Watson (December 22, 1889 – July 28, 1965) was a prominent character actor. He appeared in 111 movies made between 1913 and 1956. His credits included '' Boys Town'' (1938), '' Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1942), ''Kings Row'' (1942), '' Guad ...

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

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as Miss Wilson * Madeline Grey as Hettie Moody *

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as Doctor Calloway * P.J. Kelly as Henry Austin, Barber * William 'Billy' Benedict as Office Boy *

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as Pierre, a Waiter * Mike Riley and His Musical Maniacs as Themselves * Freddie Fisher and His Schnikelfritz Orchestra as Themselves * Lita Baron as herself, Isabelita * The Guadalajara Trio as Themselves *

Gene Rodgers Gene Rodgers (March 5, 1910 – October 23, 1987) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He is best known for being the pianist on Coleman Hawkins' famous 1939 recording of " Body and Soul". Early life Born Eugene Ricardo Rodgers ...

as the Boogie-Woogie Piano Player *

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as Themselves *

Lyle Latell Lyle Latell (born Lyle Zeiem; April 9, 1904 – October 24, 1967) was an American character actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Pat Patton in the ''Dick Tracy'' film series. Biography Latell was born Lyle Zeiem in April 1904 in ...

as Office Worker Comedy Routine * Alphonse Bergé as himself * Doris Duane as herself *

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as himself (Russian Singer) *

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and His Orchestra as Themselves * Al Mardo and His Dog as Themselves * Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham as Pigmeat, the Butler

References

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-US-comedy-film-stub