Bachelor Mother
“"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!”
1939•NR•1h 22m•7.2•Released
ComedyRomance
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.
Director
Garson Kanin
Writer
Norman Krasna
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
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
Leonard Penn
Jerome Weiss
Paul Stanton
Hargraves
Frank M. Thomas
Doctor
Edna Holland
Matron
Dennie Moore
Mary
June Wilkins
Louise King
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck (voice)
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Buddy G. DeSylva
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