Bachelor Mother

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film romantic comedy film

Bachelor Mother is a 1939 romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers as a salesgirl who is mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic comedy film →
academyAwardsYear	12th Academy Awards →
basedOn	Little Mother → an Austrian-Hungarian story by Leo Lania →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographyBy	J. Roy Hunt →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: United States
director	Garson Kanin →
distributedInFormat	theatrical film →
distributor	RKO Radio Pictures →
editedBy	Henry Berman →
era	Hollywood Golden Age → surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter	David Merlin → J.B. Merlin → Polly Parrish →
filmingStudio	RKO Radio Pictures → surface form: RKO Studios
genre	romantic comedy →
hasTheme	class differences → mistaken identity → single parenthood →
leadActorRole	Charles Coburn → surface form: Charles Coburn as J.B. Merlin David Niven as David Merlin → Ginger Rogers → surface form: Ginger Rogers as Polly Parrish
mpaaRating	Passed →
musicBy	Roy Webb →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story
notableFor	pairing of Ginger Rogers and David Niven →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A salesgirl is mistaken for the mother of an abandoned baby and becomes involved with her employer's son. →
producer	Buddy DeSylva → surface form: Buddy G. DeSylva
productionCompany	RKO Radio Pictures →
releaseDate	1939-06-30 →
releaseYear	1939 →
remadeAs	Bundle of Joy →
remakeReleaseYear	1956 →
runtimeMinutes	82 →
screenwriter	Felix Jackson → Garson Kanin → Norman Krasna →
setInLocation	New York City →
setInPeriod	contemporary 1930s →
starring	Charles Coburn → David Niven → Ernest Truex → Ferike Boros → Frank Albertson → Ginger Rogers →

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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Bachelor Mother →