Bachelor Mother

Name: Bachelor Mother
Released: 1939-6-30
Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive

Bachelor Mother

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1h 22m
1939

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Ginger Rogers stars with David Niven in a non-dancing role that shows off her talent as a comic actress in this story of a shop girl who finds an abandoned baby and becomes a Bachelor Mother. When Polly Parish discovers a foundling, she quickly bonds with the helpless baby and adopts him. The only problem is that everyone believes she is the baby's biological mother. In danger of acquiring a reputation as a fallen woman, her employer dispatches his dapper son, David Merlin (David Niven), to safeguard Polly's morals in this charming romantic comedy.

Director:

Garson Kanin

Producer:

B.G. DeSylva

Writer:

Norman Krasna

Cast:

Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive, Elbert Coplen, Jr., Ferike Boros, Ernest Truex, Leonard Penn, Paul Stanton

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

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Reviews

The Movie Palace Podcast

Raquel Stecher

"a sweet story... part workplace comedy, part family story, part romance, part holiday story... the actors all have winning performances... they are all on their A game."

Grason Kanin's witty comedy in which Ginger Rogers plays a single mother was a commercial hit, demonstrating her viability as a dramatic actress and comedienne after her separation from dance partner Fred Astaire.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

Makes the most of a misunderstanding over maternity.

May 1, 2021

FULL REVIEW

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Ken Hanke

Okay comedy that ought to have been great.

June 17, 2017