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FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T LAUGHED SINCE 1929!
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
Joe E. Brown Ginger Rogers Preston Foster Allen 'Farina' Hoskins Harry Gribbon Edwin Maxwell Sheila Terry Walter Walker Oscar Apfel Spencer Bell Don Brodie William Burgess A.S. Byron Eddy Chandler James Eagles Bess Flowers Frank Hagney Selmer Jackson Anthony Lord Wilfred Lucas Mia Marvin Bert Moorhouse Harry Seymour Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
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