Jun 30, 1939
82 min
Full-HD

Bachelor Mother (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.

Category

Comedy Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Ginger Rogers

Polly Parrish

David Niven

David Merlin

Charles Coburn

J. B. Merlin

Frank Albertson

Freddie Miller

E. E. Clive

Butler

Elbert Coplen Jr.

Johnnie

Ferike Boros

Mrs. Weiss

Ernest Truex

Investigator

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