Bachelor Mother (1939)
In the year that brought sweeping dramas Gone With the Wind, The Four Feathers, Wuthering Heights, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Rains Came, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, and several others, it sure is refreshing to see a 1939 comedy. Bachelor Mother is side-splittingly, hilariously funny. If you’ve been shying away from it because you think it’ll be silly, rent it. It’s surprisingly sophisticated and smart.
Ginger Rogers works in a department store toy department, but since she was only hired on for the holiday rush, she knows she’ll be let go in January. On the street, she sees a woman drop off a baby on the steps of an orphanage; Ginger picks up the baby to run after the woman, but the orphanage leaders think she’s the mother. Soon, the rumor mill gets out of control, and everyone thinks Ginger is an unwed mother—including the department store head, who feels guilty about firing a struggling single mother during Christmas and immediately gives her back her job.
Where does David Niven come in, you ask? Charles Coburn is the owner of the department store, and The Niv is his spoiled, suave son. Do you think The Niv will meet Ginger? Do you think he’ll court her even though he thinks she’s a bachelor mother? Do you think the witty comedy will make for countless quips and chemistry-building funny and romantic scenes? You won’t get to see much of Ginger dancing in this one, but you’ll get to see plenty of The Niv in his comedic specialty. He’s stubborn, charming, handsome, funny, frazzled, classy, and adorable. When he and Ginger spend New Year’s Eve together, he kisses her goodnight at her door at one a.m. “Happy New Year, Chicago,” he smiles. “You wouldn’t want to stay up and see the New Year in Los Angeles, would you?” he asks after their kiss. Isn’t that darling? Who wouldn’t fall for him after that?
Charles Coburn also gets to shine in this movie, with his numerous comedic scenes and an extra special role in Ginger Rogers’s baby fiasco. He’s hilarious and gets to utter one of the funniest lines to come out of the ’30s. With so many different types of humor in one movie, and with a Christmas setting, how can you go wrong? Thankfully, you can’t; Bachelor Mother will quickly become one of your annual favorites.
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Ginger Rogers works in a department store toy department, but since she was only hired on for the holiday rush, she knows she’ll be let go in January. On the street, she sees a woman drop off a baby on the steps of an orphanage; Ginger picks up the baby to run after the woman, but the orphanage leaders think she’s the mother. Soon, the rumor mill gets out of control, and everyone thinks Ginger is an unwed mother—including the department store head, who feels guilty about firing a struggling single mother during Christmas and immediately gives her back her job.
Where does David Niven come in, you ask? Charles Coburn is the owner of the department store, and The Niv is his spoiled, suave son. Do you think The Niv will meet Ginger? Do you think he’ll court her even though he thinks she’s a bachelor mother? Do you think the witty comedy will make for countless quips and chemistry-building funny and romantic scenes? You won’t get to see much of Ginger dancing in this one, but you’ll get to see plenty of The Niv in his comedic specialty. He’s stubborn, charming, handsome, funny, frazzled, classy, and adorable. When he and Ginger spend New Year’s Eve together, he kisses her goodnight at her door at one a.m. “Happy New Year, Chicago,” he smiles. “You wouldn’t want to stay up and see the New Year in Los Angeles, would you?” he asks after their kiss. Isn’t that darling? Who wouldn’t fall for him after that?
Charles Coburn also gets to shine in this movie, with his numerous comedic scenes and an extra special role in Ginger Rogers’s baby fiasco. He’s hilarious and gets to utter one of the funniest lines to come out of the ’30s. With so many different types of humor in one movie, and with a Christmas setting, how can you go wrong? Thankfully, you can’t; Bachelor Mother will quickly become one of your annual favorites.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More David Niven movies here!
More Christmas movies here!