Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1939-06-30
Genre:Comedy, Romance
Duration:82 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Garson Kanin
Actors:Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E. E. Clive
Production:RKO Radio Pictures

Overview:

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.

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