Bachelor Mother (1939)
- Starring:
- Ginger Rogers, David Niven, (more)
- Director(s):
- Garson Kanin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
Synopsis of Bachelor Mother
Ginger Rogers slipped off her dancing shoes to play one of her best comic roles as Polly Parish, a salesgirl at a large department store. Single and with no steady beau, Polly leads a quiet life until she discovers a baby left at her doorstep. While puzzled by this development, Polly feels for the child and decides to adopt the baby. However, most of her co-workers raise their eyebrows at Polly's new status as a single mother, believing that she's actually the mother. The owner of the store where Polly works, J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn), is taken aback, and his son David (David Niven), who has a reputation as a ladies' man, is dispatched to lead Polly back to the straight-and-narrow. Bachelor Mother was remade in 1956 as Bundle of Joy, a vehicle for then-married Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of Bachelor Mother
- Ginger Rogers - Polly Parrish
- Charles Coburn - J.B. Merlin
- E.E. Clive - Butler
- Ernest Truex - Investigator
- Paul Stanton - Hargraves
- Edna Holland - Matron
- Irving Bacon - Clerk
- Florence Lake - Woman in Park
- Charles H. Bisharat - Bouncer
- Reed Hadley - Dance Partner
- Chester Clute - Man in Park
- Leona Roberts - Old Lady
- David Niven - David Merlin
- Frank Albertson - Freddie Miller
- Ferike Boros - Mrs. Weiss
- Leonard Penn - Jerome Weiss
- Frank M. Thomas - Doctor
- June Wilkins - Louise King
- Dennie Moore - Mary
- Gerald Oliver Smith - Hennessy
- Barbara Pepper - Dance-Hall Hostess
- Murray Alper - Bouncer
- Elbert Coplen, Jr. - Johnnie
- Director(s):
- Garson Kanin
- Writer(s):
- Norman Krasna, Felix Jackson
- Producer(s):
- Buddy G. DeSylva
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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