The Bachelor Father
The Bachelor Father is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies and featuring Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It was based on a same-titled play by Edward Childs Carpenter, with Smith re-creating his role from the Broadway production. The plot centers around a stuffy British nobleman whose three grown (and illegitimate) children suddenly arrive at his estate and decide to move in with him.
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Laurence E. Johnson Frances Marion (uncredited) |
| Based on | "The Bachelor Father" 1928 play by Edward Childs Carpenter |
| Produced by | Marion Davies, Robert Z. Leonard |
| Starring | Marion Davies |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Harry Reynolds |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast (in credits order)
- Marion Davies as Antoinette Flagg
- Ralph Forbes as John Ashley
- C. Aubrey Smith as Sir Basil Algernon Winterton
- Ray Milland as Geoffrey Trent
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Richard Berney
- David Torrence as Dr Frank MacDonald
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs Julia Webb
- Edgar Norton as Bolton, The Second Butler
- Nina Quartero as Maria Credaro
- Halliwell Hobbes as Larkin, The Butler
- James Gordon as Carson Creswell, a lawyer
Foreign-language version
One foreign-language version was produced by MGM in French and was entitled Le père célibataire. It was released in 1931 and starred Lili Damita.
References
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