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.

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Label Occurrences
Bachelor Mother canonical 15
Bachelor Mother universe 2
Bachelor Mother (1939 film) 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Garson Kanin → directed → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Little Mother → adaptedAs → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Little Mother → title → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
subject surface form: Bachelor Mother
David Merlin → appearsIn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
David Merlin → filmTitle → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
David Merlin → fictionalUniverse → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bachelor Mother universe
J.B. Merlin → appearsIn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
J.B. Merlin → fictionalUniverse → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bachelor Mother (film universe)
David Niven as David Merlin → appearsIn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
David Niven as David Merlin → associatedWith → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bachelor Mother (1939 film)
Bundle of Joy → basedOn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Bundle of Joy → basedOn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bachelor Mother by Norman Krasna
Polly Parrish → appearsIn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Polly Parrish → createdFor → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Polly Parrish → hasFictionalUniverse → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bachelor Mother universe
Norman Krasna → notableWork → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Cliff Reid → notableWork → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Robert Sisk → workedOn → Bachelor Mother ⓘ
Robert Sisk → notableWork → Bachelor Mother ⓘ