Unexpected Father (1939)
Unexpected Father was designed as a showcase for Universal's infant "star" Baby Sandy (Sandy was a girl, but she played a boy here). Dancer Dennis O'Keefe resigns himself to being stuck with his late partner's baby, but when trying to adopt a child he faces a tough court custody battle. Lovely Shirley Ross is the other applicant, so figure out the ending yourself. The highlight in Unexpected Father is a tense process-screen sequence wherein Sandy toddles around a high skyscraper ledge. Mischa Auer, who'd played a comic doorman in the previous Baby Sandy film East Side of Heaven, repeats the role for Unexpected Father. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Shirley Ross, Dennis O'Keefe, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Lamont
Synopsis of Unexpected Father
Unexpected Father was designed as a showcase for Universal's infant "star" Baby Sandy (Sandy was a girl, but she played a boy here). Dancer Dennis O'Keefe resigns himself to being stuck with his late partner's baby, but when trying to adopt a child he faces a tough court custody battle. Lovely Shirley Ross is the other applicant, so figure out the ending yourself. The highlight in Unexpected Father is a tense process-screen sequence wherein Sandy toddles around a high skyscraper ledge. Mischa Auer, who'd played a comic doorman in the previous Baby Sandy film East Side of Heaven, repeats the role for Unexpected Father. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Unexpected Father
- Shirley Ross - Diana Donovan
- Mischa Auer - Boris Bebenko
- Dorothy Arnold - Sally
- Anne Nagel - Beulah
- Richard Lane - Leo Murphy
- Mayo Methot - Mrs. Stone
- Spencer Charters - Magistrate
- Edwin Stanley - Dr. Evans
- Dorothy Vaughan - Nurse
- Dennis O'Keefe - Jimmy Hanley
- Joy Hodges - Peg
- Anne Gwynne - Kitty
- Donald Briggs - Allen Rand
- Paul Guilfoyle - Ed Stone
- Jane Darwell - Mrs. Callahan
- Frank Reicher - Referee
- Baby Sandy - Sandy
- Director(s):
- Charles Lamont
- Writer(s):
- Charles Grayson, Leonard Spigelgass
- Producer(s):
- Ken Goldsmith
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