Bachelor Mother (1939) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Garson Kanin.

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 Butler
• Elbert Coplen Jr. as Johnnie
• Ferike Boros as Mrs. Weiss
• Ernest Truex as Investigator
• Leonard Penn as Jerome Weiss
• Paul Stanton as Hargraves
• Frank M. Thomas as Doctor
• Edna Holland as Matron
• Dennie 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)

Crew

• Norman Krasna — Screenplay
• Garson Kanin — Director
• Roy Webb — Original Music Composer
• Buddy G. DeSylva — Producer
• Robert De Grasse — Director of Photography

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