Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

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

1939•1h 22m•7.2/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(76)

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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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Frank M. Thomas

Frank M. Thomas

Doctor

Edna Holland

Edna Holland

Matron

Dennie Moore

Dennie Moore

Mary

June Wilkins

June Wilkins

Louise King

Clarence Nash

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice)

Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams

Secretary (uncredited)

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Joseph E. Bernard

Store Watchman (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Jack Chefe

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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