Unexpected Father

Unexpected Father

78 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 14, 1939

Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.

Unexpected Father

78 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 14, 1939

Unexpected Father
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Unexpected Father
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers Charles Grayson, Leonard Spigelgass

Cast

Baby Sandy

as Sandy

Shirley Ross

as Dianna Donovan

Dennis O'Keefe

as Jimmy Hanley

Mischa Auer

as Boris Bebenko

Joy Hodges

as Peg - showgirl

Anne Gwynne

as Kitty - showgirl

Anne Nagel

as Beulah - showgirl

Donald Briggs

as Allen Rand - theatre manager

Richard Lane

as Leo Murphy - Booking Agent

Paul Guilfoyle

as Ed Stone - Sandy's Uncle

Mayo Methot

as Ethel Stone

Jane Darwell

as Mrs. Callahan

Spencer Charters

as Magistrate

Dorothy Arnold

as Sally - showgirl