Bachelor Mother
“"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!”
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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Ginger Rogers
Polly Parrish
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
David Niven
David Merlin
Known for
The Pink Panther
Around the World in 80 Days
Charles Coburn
J. B. Merlin
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Frank Albertson
Freddie Miller
Known for
Psycho
It's a Wonderful Life
E. E. Clive
Butler
Known for
The Invisible Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Elbert Coplen Jr.
Johnnie
No other roles listed
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Weiss
Known for
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Christmas in July
Ernest Truex
Investigator
Known for
His Girl Friday
Christmas in July
Leonard Penn
Jerome Weiss
Also in
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Batman and Robin
Paul Stanton
Hargraves
Known for
Across the Pacific
I Love You Again
Frank M. Thomas
Doctor
Also in
Breakfast for Two
Among the Living
Edna Holland
Matron
Known for
Criss Cross
Inside Daisy Clover
Garson Kanin Director · Norman Krasna Screenplay Felix Jackson Story
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $509K · United States release June 30, 1939
Box office
Budget
$509,000
Worldwide gross
$1,975,000
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · June 30, 1939
Theatrical
United States · June 30, 1939
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
August 4, 1939 · Theatrical
Germany
December 19, 1964 · TV
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