Bachelor Mother (1939)

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   traistboar

   Perfect casting. Better than expected. 2 years 11 months ago
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   Siskoid

   I think the muscle Ginger Rogers exercises most (and best) in her non-musical comedies is that effortless sense that her character doesn't take the crazy premises they're thrust into very seriously. Case in point, Bachelor Mother, which has her find a baby on the steps of an orphanage, and by the simple act of picking it up, becomes its de facto mother. And like a fizzing bomb in Gotham City, some days you just can't get rid of a baby. No matter how hard you try! So she goes from being laid off to getting personal attention from her boss (David Niven) who mistakenly believes the lay-off made her despondent enough to try and get rid of her child, and one thing leads to another, but not without plenty of amusing misunderstandings before we get to the audience winking end. Just a fun piece of fluff, with Rogers taking everything in her stride - I guess things just work out like that sometimes - a period-specific scandal brewing, but never really offending, even in-story. It's pretty cute. 4 years ago

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