Bachelor Mother (1939)
7.1|30 Jun, 1939|82 min
"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!
7.1|30 Jun, 1939|82 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$509,000
Revenue $1,975,000
English
Budget$509,000
Revenue $1,975,000
Keywords
new year's eve
new york city
baby
department store
misunderstanding
motherhood
abandoned baby
Casts
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)
Crews
Garson Kanin
Director
Felix Jackson
Story
Norman Krasna
Screenplay
Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Robert Wise
Editor
Robert De Grasse
Director of Photography
Henry Berman
Editor
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Edward Killy
Assistant Director
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Irene
Costume Design
Pandro S. Berman
Executive In Charge Of Production
Carroll Clark
Assistant Art Director
Richard Van Hessen
Sound Recordist
Backdrops & Posters
