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Overview

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7.6/10   1,043 votes
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Director:
Garson Kanin
Writers:
Norman Krasna (screenplay)
Felix Jackson (story)
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Release Date:
4 August 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
Just ten baby fingers and ten baby toes--Troubles? Scandal?--Gosh--Nobody Knows more
Plot:
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
A true Romantic-Comedy more

Cast

  (Complete credited 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 from Foundling Home
Leonard Penn ... Jerome Weiss
Paul Stanton ... Hargraves
Frank M. Thomas ... Doctor
Edna Holland ... Matron at Foundling Home
Dennie Moore ... Mary

June Wilkins ... Louise King
Donald Duck ... Himself - Mechanical Toy (as Donald the Duck)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Little Mother (USA) (working title)
Nobody's Wife (USA) (working title)
She Said I Do (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min (Turner library print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
UK:U | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #5189)

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Trivia:
Hal K. Dawson (Judge), Renie Riano (Amy Mellish) and Charles Halton (Doctor) are in studio records/casting call lists (with their character names) for this movie, but they did not appear or were not identifiable. more
Quotes:
Freddie: [referring to the baby] Where did it come from?
Polly: I got it for Christmas!
[beat]
Freddie: This Christmas or last Christmas?
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Movie Connections:
References Love Affair (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Happy Days Are Here Again more

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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
A true Romantic-Comedy, 2 November 2003
9/10
Author: BadWebDiver from Perth, Australia

This is a romantic comedy in the fullest sense of both terms. it is both hilariously funny and touchingly romantic (in the old-fashion boy sweeps girl off her feet even though she can give as good as she gets kind of way).

I totally loved the New Year Party scene, and the complications with the other boyfriend were great fun. And Donald Duck has a small but key role to play in this story.

Obviously some of the social attitudes are a bit hackneyed today, but the character personalities certainly shine through brilliantly still.

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