Bachelor Mother
"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!
1939 | 82m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Garson Kanin |
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| Writer: | Norman Krasna, Felix Jackson |
| Staring: |
| Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 30, 1939 |
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| Director: | Garson Kanin |
| Writer: | Norman Krasna, Felix Jackson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | new york city, new year's eve, baby, department store, misunderstanding, motherhood, abandoned baby |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,975,000
Budget: $509,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ginger Rogers | Polly Parrish |
| David Niven | David Merlin |
| Charles Coburn | J. B. Merlin |
| Frank Albertson | Freddie Miller |
| E. E. Clive | Butler |
| Elbert Coplen Jr. | Johnnie |
| Ferike Boros | Mrs. Weiss |
| Ernest Truex | Investigator |
| Leonard Penn | Jerome Weiss |
| Paul Stanton | Hargraves |
| Frank M. Thomas | Doctor |
| Edna Holland | Matron |
| Dennie Moore | Mary |
| June Wilkins | Louise King |
| Dorothy Adams | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Murray Alper | Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited) |
| Irving Bacon | Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited) |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Store Watchman (uncredited) |
| Jack Chefe | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Oliver (uncredited) |
| Alec Craig | Store Watchman (uncredited) |
| Jean De Briac | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Reed Hadley | Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited) |
| Charlie Hall | Dance Hall Official (uncredited) |
| Florence Lake | Oliver's Wife (uncredited) |
| Perc Launders | Policeman in Park (uncredited) |
| Horace McMahon | Dance Floor Official (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Clarence Nash | Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) |
| Barbara Pepper | Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited) |
| Hugh Prosser | Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Leona Roberts | Old Lady (uncredited) |
| Estelle Taylor | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Wise | Editor |
| Garson Kanin | Director |
| Norman Krasna | Screenplay |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Pandro S. Berman | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Felix Jackson | Story |
| Edward Killy | Assistant Director |
| Richard Van Hessen | Sound Recordist |
| Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Carroll Clark | Assistant Art Director |
| Henry Berman | Editor |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Irene | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
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