Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother (1939)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1939-06-30
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 57 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Garson Kanin
star 7.1/10
From 57 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Ginger Rogers

    as Polly Parrish
  • David Niven

    as David Merlin
  • Charles Coburn

    as J. B. Merlin
  • Frank Albertson

    as Freddie Miller
  • E. E. Clive

    as Butler
  • Elbert Coplen Jr.

    as Johnnie
  • Ferike Boros

    as Mrs. Weiss
  • Ernest Truex

    as Investigator
  • Leonard Penn

    as Jerome Weiss
  • Paul Stanton

    as Hargraves
  • Frank M. Thomas

    as Doctor
  • Edna Holland

    as Matron
  • Dennie Moore

    as Mary
  • June Wilkins

    as Louise King
  • Dorothy Adams

    as Secretary (uncredited)
  • Murray Alper

    as Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)
  • Irving Bacon

    as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
  • Joseph E. Bernard

    as Store Watchman (uncredited)
  • Jack Chefe

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Chester Clute

    as Oliver (uncredited)
  • Alec Craig

    as Store Watchman (uncredited)
  • Jean De Briac

    as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Reed Hadley

    as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
  • Charlie Hall

    as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
  • Florence Lake

    as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
  • Perc Launders

    as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
  • Horace McMahon

    as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
  • Harold Miller

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Clarence Nash

    as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)
  • Barbara Pepper

    as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
  • Hugh Prosser

    as Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
  • Leona Roberts

    as Old Lady (uncredited)
  • Estelle Taylor

    as (uncredited)
Writing Felix Jackson Story
Writing Norman Krasna Screenplay
Directing Garson Kanin Director
Sound Roy Webb Original Music Composer
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Producer
Editing Robert Wise Editor
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Directing Edward Killy Assistant Director
Editing Henry Berman Editor
Camera Robert De Grasse Director of Photography
Art Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Crew Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Design
Production Pandro S. Berman Executive In Charge Of Production
Art Carroll Clark Assistant Art Director
Sound Richard Van Hessen Sound Recordist

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