Bachelor Mother
starring
Ginger Rogers ■ David Niven
(1939)
Just ten baby fingers and ten baby toes--Troubles? Scandal?--Gosh--Nobody Knows
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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.
Bachelor Mother is just flat-out funny. I've been a fan of Ginger Rogers since first watching her in Top Hat (with Fred Astaire and I came to enjoy David Niven's acting starting with the Disney film No Deposit No Return. Since then, I've found out just how much of a versatile and talented actress Ginger was.
This was a fun and funny movie that my family totally enjoyed. Ginger Rogers has some really great one-liners, and David Niven is so funny trying to be so proper about the whole zany situation while maintaining his playboy lifestyle. Don't let the black/white filming put you off. Bachelor Mother is a great romantic comedy that can be watched by the whole family. If you love a light-hearted comedy of errors filled with wrong assumptions and even some mistaken identity, Bachelor Mother is a fun romp from the late 1930's. 
82 Minutes
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Principal 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 Dennie Moore ... Mary June Wilkins ... Louise King Donald Duck ... Himself
Filming Location(s)
Central Park, New York City, NY (backgrounds)
Times Square, New York City, NY (backgrounds)
Quotes
Freddie: [referring to the baby] Where did it come from?
Polly: I got it for Christmas! [beat] Freddie: This Christmas or last Christmas? David Merlin: So how do you like her? Louise King: Pretty good for a fill-in. I'd just as soon go stag. Polly: You could, too, with those shoulders. Polly: Is there something I can do? J.B. Merlin: [holding the baby] You've done it. J.B. Merlin: I don't care who the father is, I'm the grandfather! |
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