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starring: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clivedirected by: Garson Kanin
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780615571
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0780615573
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: April 14, 1998
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 13562
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: August 04, 1939
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Ginger Rogers stars as a department store salesclerk about to be laid off after the Christmas holiday, who happens to be passing an orphanage when a woman leaves a baby on the doorstep. The orphanage assumes that Rogers is the mother, despite her protests; when they contact the department store, the owner's son (David Niven) decides to restore her job so that she can take care of the child. Before long, rumors are flying that Niven is the child's father, which fills Niven's father (the great character actor Charles Coburn) with joy. The plot expertly weaves a deliciously funny web of assumptions and denials, with Rogers, Niven, and Coburn turning in topnotch performances--Rogers, who sometimes overplays her comic parts, is brilliantly understated in what is one of her best roles. These great actors are combined with a smart script from Norman Krasna (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, It Started with Eve) and smooth direction from Garson Kanin (My Favorite Wife). Bachelor Mother is one of the most underappreciated gems of the screwball comedy era. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Warm hearted family movie
A warm-hearted family movie that makes you laugh. In the era of Hollywood where they did not need overt sexual activity to entertain, but relied upon the skills of the actors, this is another of those classic movies you can enjoy with the whole family. David Niven and Ginger Rogers are wonderful together. The banter is quick and witty, though enough is there for kids to enjoy, if those kids are used to seeing movies that are not "dumbed down", as most are today.
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Rating: - Why isn't this on DVD yet????
What a wonderful movie this is - Ginger Rogers, David Niven and Charles Coburn at their finest!!
Why isn't this movie available on DVD???
This movie was re-made as Bundle of Joy, starring Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
The original is MUCH better!
Hey, let's get this out on DVD soon.....PLEASE!
Rating: - "Keep those ducks in motion!"
Bachelor Mother is an almost perfect romantic comedy from 1939 that's ideal for the holiday season. Ginger Rogers is the shopgirl who loses her job on Christmas Eve and who makes the mistake of holding an abandoned baby outside a foundlings home: from that point on, everyone thinks it's hers, and when boss's son David Niven gets her her job back and gives her a raise to look after the baby, they assume he's the father. Norman Krasna's then-risque script (although remade in 1952 as Bundle of Joy, ... Read More
Rating: - "I don't care who the father is! I'm the grandfather!" CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILER
I just adore this film. I first caught it earlier this year (2007) on TCM (my absolute favorite station) and it was a true joy to watch. I believe TCM was running a Ginger Rogers' birthday marathon, so for me, it was a great opportunity to see her away from Fred Astaire. I have seen nearly all of the Fred and Ginger movies, but was curious about Ginger's success away from those musicals.
Needless to say, this is quite the gem. I was interested in just how a story with this plot would ... Read More
Rating:  - A Christmas Memory
One of the best Christmas movies around and Turner showed it last night while we were sitting around addressing Christmas packages to my native France. At first I was like, meh, since it stars two of my all time least favorite stars in Hollywood, but you know what? Maybe it was the multiple egg nogs, or the tinsel beckoning on the Dutch elm, but I wound up enjoying both Ginger Rogers and David Niven very much. They were each more talented than I gave them credit for, though to me, and maybe this ... Read More
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