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So You Want to Throw a Party

1950, English. Directed by Richard L. Bare.

Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The creditors have a much better time than Joe does.

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4 February 1950

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Watch So You Want to Be Popular (1949), So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949), So You're Having In-Law Trouble (1949), and So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949) first, plus 6 earlier titles listed on this page.

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Next in the series: So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950), So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950), and So You Want to Move (1950).

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So You Want to Throw a Party runs 11 minutes (0h 11m).

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So You Want to Throw a Party is streaming on TCM in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)

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Who directed So You Want to Throw a Party?

So You Want to Throw a Party (1950) was directed by Richard L. Bare and stars George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates, Cleo Moore.

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