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Plot

Getting Gertie's Garter is an updated adaptation of the venerable stage farce by Wilson Collison and Avery Hopwood. 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. Previously filmed in 1927, Getting Gertie's Garter was one several enjoyable films produced by Edward Small and directed by Allan Dwan, all based on popular stage comedies.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
72min.
DVD Release Date:
01/30/2001
Distributor(s):
United Artists
Director(s):
Allan Dwan
Starring:
Dennis O'Keefe , Marie McDonald , Barry Sullivan , Binnie Barnes , J. Carrol Naish
Themes:
Nothing Goes Right,Foibles of Marriage
Tone:
Goofy,Humorous,Light,Silly
Keywords:
bachelor,clothes,ex-girlfriend,exotic-dancer,friendship,girl,humiliation,husband-and-wife,newlywed,past,retrieve,search
Language:
English