The Love Hypothesis
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Film / 1945
Getting Gertie's Garter
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
The story
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
Cast
Dennis O'KeefeKenneth B. Ford
Marie McDonaldGertie
Barry SullivanTed Dalton
Binnie BarnesBarbara
Sheila RyanPatty Ford
J. Carrol NaishCharles, the Butler
Jerome CowanBilly
Vera MarsheAnna, the Maid
Don BeddoeClancy
Frank FentonWinters (uncredited)
Russell HicksBoard Member (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempInterne (uncredited)
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