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.
Bachelor Mother
“"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!”
Overview
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
Budget
509.0K
Revenue
2.0M
Status
Released
Production
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)
Dorothy Adams
Secretary (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Store Watchman (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Oliver (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Store Watchman (uncredited)
Jean De Briac
Waiter (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Florence Lake
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Dance Floor Official (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Leona Roberts
Old Lady (uncredited)
Estelle Taylor
(uncredited)
Video Gallery
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BACHELOR MOTHER [1939 TRAILER]
