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Unemployed Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas.
Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including Polly’s playboy ex-boss (David Niven), who offers her a job if she’ll live up to her maternal duties. A paycheck would be handy, so Polly complies.
Then the boss’s tycoon dad (Charles Coburn) assumes the infant is his secret grandson…and things really spin out of control.
Buoyed by Rogers’ irresistibly endearing performance, Bachelor Mother is one of those rarities, a brilliantly cast comedy where everything—plot, pacing and dialogue (thanks to Garson Kanin’s savvy direction and Norman Krasna’s witty script)—is exactly, hilariously right.
Original Release
06/30/1939
US Release
06/30/1939
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ginger Rogers | Polly Parrish |
David Niven | David Merlin |
Charles Coburn | J. B. Merlin |
Frank Albertson | Freddie Miller |
E.E. Clive | Merlin's Butler / Butler |
Elbert Coplen Jr. | Johnnie - the Baby / Johnnie |
Ferike Boros | Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady / Mrs. Weiss |
Ernest Truex | Orphanage Investigator / Investigator |
Leonard Penn | Jerome Weiss |
Paul Stanton | Hargraves |
Directors
Writers
Garson Kanin, Norman Krasna, Felix Jackson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ginger Rogers | Polly Parrish |
David Niven | David Merlin |
Charles Coburn | J. B. Merlin |
Frank Albertson | Freddie Miller |
E.E. Clive | Merlin's Butler / Butler |
Elbert Coplen Jr. | Johnnie - the Baby / Johnnie |
Ferike Boros | Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady / Mrs. Weiss |
Ernest Truex | Orphanage Investigator / Investigator |
Leonard Penn | Jerome Weiss |
Paul Stanton | Hargraves |
Frank M. Thomas | Orphanage Doctor / Doctor |
Edna Holland | Orphanage Matron / Matron |
Dennie Moore | Mary |
June Wilkins | Louise King |
Donald Duck | Donald Duck |
Clarence Nash | Donald Duck |
Dorothy Adams | Secretary |
Eddie Allen | New Year's Eve Celebrant |
Murray Alper | Dance Floor Gatekeeper at 'The Pink Slipper' |
Irving Bacon | Clerk at Exchange Window |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1940 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |