Bachelor Mother

""And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!"

1939

1h 22m

7.1(71 votes)

Comedy

Romance

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.

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Cast & Crew

34 members

Acting

Ginger Rogers

Polly Parrish

Acting

David Niven

David Merlin

Acting

Charles Coburn

J. B. Merlin

Acting

Frank Albertson

Freddie Miller

Acting

E. E. Clive

Butler

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Elbert Coplen Jr.

Johnnie

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Ferike Boros

Mrs. Weiss

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Ernest Truex

Investigator

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Leonard Penn

Jerome Weiss

Acting

Paul Stanton

Hargraves

Acting

Frank M. Thomas

Doctor

Acting

Edna Holland

Matron

Acting

Dennie Moore

Mary

Acting

June Wilkins

Louise King

Acting

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice)

Acting

Dorothy Adams

Secretary (uncredited)

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Murray Alper

Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)

Acting

Irving Bacon

Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)

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Joseph E. Bernard

Store Watchman (uncredited)

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Jack Chefe

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Chester Clute

Oliver (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Store Watchman (uncredited)

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Jean De Briac

Waiter (uncredited)

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Reed Hadley

Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)

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Charlie Hall

Dance Hall Official (uncredited)

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Florence Lake

Oliver's Wife (uncredited)

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Perc Launders

Policeman in Park (uncredited)

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Acting

Horace McMahon

Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Acting

Bert Moorhouse

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Barbara Pepper

Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)

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Hugh Prosser

Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Leona Roberts

Old Lady (uncredited)

Acting

Estelle Taylor

(uncredited)

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