Bachelor Mother

1939

1h 22m

7.2

7.2/10

76 votes • View on IMDb

""And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!"

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $509,000

Revenue: $1,975,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

new year's eve new york city baby department store misunderstanding motherhood abandoned baby

Quick Facts

Release Date	June 30, 1939
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0031067

Cast

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

Key Crew

Norman Krasna

Screenplay

Garson Kanin

Director

Buddy G. DeSylva

Producer