Bachelor Mother

Ginger Rogers is a store clerk who happens to see a woman leaving a baby at the door of a church. She rushes forward to tell the woman not to do such a thing when suddenly the woman flees and the door opens. Ginger is assumed to be the mother of the baby and the priest insists that she keeps the child. And from there the story springs.

The Church, in their role of helping, interferes at the store to make sure Ginger keeps her job so that she can raise the child. This brings her to the attention of her boss. Fascination and romance follow.

Ginger is like a rider on a roller coaster. She can not get off or change things. She must hold on as best she can until the ride ends.

This movie is wonderful and delightful, but only really works if one accepts the innocent nature of films of the day. Ginger is accused of having a baby. Even the people she has worked with every day believe it. All this despite that fact that in the movie Ginger has a waist of about sixteen inches and there is no way she could have been pregnant without everyone seeing her condition. But that aside, it is a truly wonderful film.


"A Funny Case of Unexpected Motherhood"   June 8, 2003
This is one of the few Ginger Rodgers movies in which she is very funny in. When Rodgers finds a baby and is mistaken for the baby's mother and that is when the fun begins. David Niven is delightful as well. One thing that I remember about this movie is when Niven tries to exchange a child's toy (the store had a no refund policy) in his own store and Rodgers is standing right behind him mumbling word from word what the cashier's says. I won't tell the rest but I laughed and it keeps you entertained too


Simply wonderful   January 7, 2003
A true and utter delight. I love 1930's and 40's comedy-romances, and this one nears the top of my list.


Delightful   November 7, 2002
I had never heard of this movie and just watched the local library copy. What a gem! Very funny dialogue, excellent pacing, witty. Will put this one on my wish list. Christmas theme, too, for seasonal fun. Highly recommended.


A Baby for Christmas   September 20, 2002
Rebecca Johnson (Washington State)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is nothing quite like trying to explain yourself when no one will listen or believe you. It is even worse when you are held responsible for everything you didn't do.

The young and beautiful unmarried Polly Parish (Ginger Rogers) finds herself in just such a comical situation when one day she passes a orphanage and sees a woman leaving a baby on the stairs. Before she can stop the woman, she finds herself picking up the baby for fear it will roll off the steps. The door opens and everyone assumes this is her baby. Frustrated, she leaves and won't assume responsibility for the child. Later the baby is returned to her and she takes a liking to the cute little bundle of fun.

On the same day she is fired from her department store job and this makes everyone believe she has had to give up her child due to her job loss. Of course, it gets even more comical when everyone assumes the department store owner (David Niven) is the father.

If I tell you too much about this movie, it will simply spoil the plot. It is similar to a comedy of errors in which everyone makes the wrong assumptions and takes action on what they consider to be the facts.

I really had great fun watching this movie, although seeing such a cute baby in this movie started to get the maternal clock ticking again.

It is interesting to note that Ginger Rogers "at first" refused to appear in this movie, however she was somehow convinced to play the part. This was one of her early attempts at doing straight comedy.

Quite a lovely classic comedy.