Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

82 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 30, 1939

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

82 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 30, 1939

Bachelor Mother
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Bachelor Mother
Directors Edward Killy, Garson Kanin
Writers Felix Jackson, Norman Krasna

Cast

Ginger Rogers

as Polly Parrish

David Niven

as David Merlin

Charles Coburn

as J. B. Merlin

Frank Albertson

as Freddie Miller

E. E. Clive

as Butler

Elbert Coplen Jr.

as Johnnie

Ferike Boros

as Mrs. Weiss

Ernest Truex

as Investigator

Leonard Penn

as Jerome Weiss

Paul Stanton

as Hargraves

Frank M. Thomas

as Doctor

Edna Holland

as Matron

Dennie Moore

as Mary

June Wilkins

as Louise King

Dorothy Adams

as Secretary (uncredited)

Murray Alper

as Dance Floor Gatekeeper at 'The Pink Slipper' (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

as Store Watchman (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Nightclub Dance Extra (uncredited)

Chester Clute

as Oliver - Man in Park (uncredited)

Alec Craig

as Store Watchman (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

as Waiter (uncredited)

Reed Hadley

as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)

Florence Lake

as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)

Perc Launders

as Policeman in Park (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

as Dance Floor Official (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Nightclub Dance Extra (uncredited)

Clarence Nash

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser

as Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Leona Roberts

as Old Lady (uncredited)

Estelle Taylor

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)