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Bachelor Mother (aka: Little Mother, My 5th Avenue Girl)

     Synopsis: They don't make Musicals like this anymore with Ginger Rogers as the sweet American girl next door. Polly Parish (Rogers) is a department store salesclerk about to be laid off after the Christmas holiday, who happens to be passing an orphanage when a woman leaves a baby on the doorstep, Ginger of course picks the baby up and the orphanage assumes that Rogers is the mother, despite her protests. The plot expertly weaves a delightfully funny web of assumptions and denials, with Rogers, Niven, and Coburn being expertly cast together.

* It is innocent enough for children yet entertaining for adults. Not alot of dancing but Ginger does showcase her East Coast / Jitterbug ability with Gene "Shadow" Cole which she learned from Hermes Pan in a dance contest in this film.

Also an excellent family Christmas movie.
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More Film Information below

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1939 RKO / Turner Home Video Garson Kanin [?DVD] [VHS]

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81 minutes USA English Black and White

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Featured Dancer

Featured Dance

Dance Rating  

Comedy / XMAS Ginger Rogers East Coast Swing, Jitterbug Very Good
 

Known Dancers

Choreographers

Actors / Actresses

Barbara Pepper Hermes Pan David Niven
Ginger Rogers   Ginger Rogers
Bert Moorhouse   James Colburn
Jack Chefe    
Hermes Pan?    
     
 

Dances performed in this film  

Special Dance Interest

East Coast Swing n/a n/a Jitterbug
aka Jitterbug     Dance Contest
Collegiate Shag      
Charleston      
Peckin'      
 

Some Music Titles in Film

Bands / Musicians / Singers

Posters / Lobby Cards

n/a George Parrish Orchestra n/a
       
       
       
 

Stage versions of the film

Stage Date

Similar Films

Sheet Music Covers

n/a n/a Bundle of Joy n/a
       
       
       
 

Books Available on this film ...

Title Author Date Published Publisher
Story Norman Krasna, Felix Jackson - -
       
 

Other...

 
December 20, 2012
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