So You Want To Be A Bachelor (1951)

 

So You Want To Be A Bachelor - 1951

Coming up next is 1951's "So You Want To Be A Bachelor.  In this installment of the "So You Want To..." franchise, Joe McDoakes wonders what might have been had he chosen to marry someone else.

The film's cast includes George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates, Lela Bliss, Harry Hayden, Maxine Gates, and Richard Reeves.

Joe McDoakes is a little unhappy when his wife wakes him up from a nap and tells him to get downstairs and clean out the basement.

He grudgingly heads down to the basement and realizes just what a monumental task lies ahead of him.

Inside an old trunk, Joe finds his vintage raccoon coat.  He eagerly tries it on.

Sifting through the trunk further, he finds a picture of his old girlfriend, Ellie Mae Smith.  He remarks on how beautiful she was.

He also finds a picture of his wedding day.  Joe looks at it and remembers the circumstances surrounding that "happy" occasion.

In a flashback, we see how his wife Alice's parents basically pushed him into the marriage through a series of well-organized events.

Back in the present, Joe looks at his picture of Ellie Mae and says aloud that she must've made someone supremely happy.  At that moment, Joe's wife Alice calls down to him and says he's got a visitor, his old girlfriend Ellie Mae.

Joe is completely taken by surprise by the woman he sees standing at the door.  She remarks on how much he's changed and wraps him in a huge bear hug.

Cast rundown:

   George O'Hanlon...............................Joe McDoakes

   Phyllis Coates....................................Alice McDoakes

   Lela Bliss..........................................Phoebe Peckinpah

   Harry Hayden....................................Charlie Peckinpah

   Maxine Gates....................................Ellie Mae Smith

   Richard Reeves..................................Military Police Sergeant

And that's it for So You Want To Be A Bachelor.  It's hilarious to watch Joe in the flashback scene as his future parents-in-law move about and plan his wedding.  It's a worthy entry in the "So You Want To Be..." series.

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