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RKO Ladies: Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother

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on BBC Two England

The first in a season of films featuring the famous stars of the RKO studios.
Tonight also starring David Niven
In this delightful comedy, Ginger Rogers stars as shopgirl Polly Parish who discovers an abandoned baby outside a foundlings home and is mistaken for the mother. Reluctantly responsible for the baby, Polly finds that life is further complicated when her handsome boss takes a 'fatherly' interest in her predicament.
Films: page 13

Contributors

Screenplay:
Norman Krasna
Producer:
B. G. Desylva
Director:
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish:
Ginger Rogers
David Merlin:
David Niven
J.B. Merlin:
Charles Coburn
Butler:
Frank Albertson
Johnnie:
E.E. Clive
Mrs Weiss:
Ferike Boros
Investigator:
Ernest Truex
Jerome Weiss:
Leonard Penn
Source: Radio Times

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