Bachelor Mother
“"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!”
Synopsis
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Henry BermanShot by Robert De GrasseScored by Roy Webb
Box Office
1939 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× its budget
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Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$2.0M
Also known as
- Die Findelmutterde
- Mademoiselle et son bébéfr
- Situazione imbarazzanteit
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Cast & Crew
44 unique people credited
Top billed 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 Merlin's Butler
Elbert Coplen Jr
as Johnnie - the Baby
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady
Ernest Truex
as Orphanage Investigator
Leonard Penn
as Jerome Weiss
Paul Stanton
as Hargraves
Frank M Thomas
as Doctor
Edna Holland
as Matron
Supporting cast
22Dennie Moore
as Mary
June Wilkins
as Louise King
Clarence Nash
as Donald Duck (voice)
Dorothy Adams
as Secretary (uncredited)
Murray Alper
as Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
Joseph E Bernard
as Store Watchman (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Oliver (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 Patron (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
as Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Leona Roberts
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Estelle Taylor
as (uncredited)
Directors
1Writers
2Producers
1Other crew
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