CinemaOSMovie · 1939 · 1h 22m · NR
Bachelor Mother

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

72%(83)IMDbComedyRomance

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.

Directed byGarson Kanin

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Language
EN
Released
June 30, 1939
Budget
$509,000
Revenue
$1,975,000
Studios
RKO Radio Pictures

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Trailers & teasers

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BACHELOR MOTHER [1939 TRAILER]

BACHELOR MOTHER [1939 TRAILER]

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Polly Parrish

David Niven

David Niven

David Merlin

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

J. B. Merlin

Frank Albertson

Frank Albertson

Freddie Miller

E. E. Clive

E. E. Clive

Butler

Elbert Coplen Jr.

Johnnie

Ferike Boros

Ferike Boros

Mrs. Weiss

Ernest Truex

Ernest Truex

Investigator

Leonard Penn

Leonard Penn

Jerome Weiss

Paul Stanton

Paul Stanton

Hargraves

Creative team
Directed by
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
Written by
Felix Jackson
Norman Krasna
Norman Krasna
Produced by
Buddy G. DeSylva

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