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Title: Bachelor Mother (1939)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ginger Rogers | ... | Polly Parrish | |
| David Niven | ... | David Merlin | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | J. B. Merlin | |
| Frank Albertson | ... | Freddie Miller | |
| E.E. Clive | ... | Merlin's Butler | |
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Elbert Coplen Jr. | ... | Johnnie - the Baby |
| Ferike Boros | ... | Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady | |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Orphanage Investigator | |
| Leonard Penn | ... | Jerome Weiss | |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Hargraves | |
| Frank M. Thomas | ... | Orphanage Doctor | |
| Edna Holland | ... | Orphanage Matron | |
| Dennie Moore | ... | Mary | |
| June Wilkins | ... | Louise King | |
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Donald Duck | ... | Donald Duck |
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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. Written by Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
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screwball comedy | donald duck character | two word title | mistaken for unwed mother | single mother |Taglines:
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 22, 1940 with Ginger Rogers reprising her film role. See more »Goofs
When David Niven and Ginger Rogers leave the New Years Eve party, the amount of confetti on David Niven's jacket changes dramatically from when he talks to the lady by the door and when he exits the building. See more »Crazy Credits
The cast of characters includes a wind-up toy: Donald Duck as himself. Ginger Rogers' character was in charge of a display table full of the Donald Duck toys. See more »Alternate Versions
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I figured that this was another movie from the late thirties that's supposed to be a comedy, but it's just kinda "witty" without having any laugh-out-loud scenes. I decided to watch it anyway.
How wrong I was. Not that I have anything against "witty" movies, but this movie put me in hysterics. It was very very funny. Ginger Rogers proves that she can make a good movie without Fred Astaire. The entire cast is excellent. Rent this movie for a lot of laughs.