Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

utgard14 Department store clerk Polly (Ginger Rogers) is mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby. She has to go along with it to keep her job. David Merlin (David Niven), the son of department store owner J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn) takes a special interest in Polly's situation. Gradually the two fall in love but things are further complicated when J.B. is led to believe David is the father of Polly's baby.Delightful romantic comedy with wonderful performances from Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and Charles Coburn. Special mention for Frank Albertson in one of his better roles outside of playing Sam "Hee Haw" Wainwright in It's a Wonderful Life. Donald Duck also figures into things in an amusing way. I actually heard the radio version of this before I saw the movie. I heard it on satellite radio several years ago. It featured Ginger and David reprising their film roles. This is a fun, nicely-paced movie with an immensely likable cast that seems to be having a great time. Ginger fans certainly won't want to miss it as it's one of her best.

mark.waltz When a recently fired department store employee (Ginger Rogers) finds an abandoned baby, she does what any good woman would do: she tries to get rid of it. But the orphanage she takes it to is sure she is lying about not being the mother and follows her home to return the baby, refusing to take no for an answer. All of a sudden, she has her job back, and every man she knows is yearning to play papa. But circumstances make it appear that the department store owner's son (David Niven) is the responsible party, and hilarious results ensue.This delicious screwball comedy is a bit more subtle in its humor than classics like "My Man Godfrey", "Libeled Lady" and "Bringing Up Baby", but classic none the less. It focuses more on how a definitely single woman must change her life and how she handles sudden and unwanted motherhood. An amusing scene has Niven and Rogers becoming closer with Niven insisting a baby book he's reading indicates that to feed a baby, you must rub oatmeal in the infant's belly button (or "navel") and his awkward reaction to being corrected.A cute Donald Duck toy causes all sorts of contention in the department store, much like Auntie Mame's roller skates. This duck is used as a metaphor to comment on the way adults sometimes argue, talking over each other and sounding perfectly ridiculous. The wonderful Charles Coburn has a wonderful supporting part as Niven's imperious father who gets to be a bit emotional when he learns that he may be a grandfather. Rogers is hysterically funny in pretending to be a Swedish heiress, making up ridiculous sounding words as she goes along, and finally getting a good dig in at the snooty socialite Niven has dumped for her. An intelligent and witty screenplay (by Norman Krasna, with assistance from director Garson Kanin) helps this rise above the average Hollywood comedy, making it a true classic that you won't want to miss.

ron-fernandez-pittsburgh Ginger Rogers does well in this domestic romantic comedy as does David Niven. However the one spoiler has a major plot hole which nobody who has written about the movie has brought up. Ginger is supposed to be the mother of a child. OK...BUT...didn't the landlady who saw her every day notice that she was NEVER pregnant? That she never went to the Hospital? That she never saw the baby during it's first few months? All of a sudden Ginger shows up with a 6 or 7 month old baby. Where was the baby supposed to be during those first months? Just doesn't make sense. And how convenient that the landlady is always available to take care of the baby, day and night!!! Aside from this major story line, BACHELOR MOTHER is still a fun sit through, although the ending is quite confusing. Doesn't the David Niven character care that Ginger was never married and is supposed to have had the baby out of "wedlock"? Oh, and Charles Coburn was quite wonderful in his few scenes.

CranberriAppl I checked the spoiler box, just in case I reveal something, but I just wanted to say that I adore this movie. Like someone else said, this is a perfect romantic comedy. The actors are great and the story is great. When I first saw it a few months ago, I was wondering how this story would play out being that it was filmed in the 30s, but it worked out wonderfully.All of the actors had great comedic timing and the chemistry was perfect. Nobody hammed it up or tried to overtake the other actors. Even the baby gave us a show! The story is simple and fairly predictable by 2007 standards, but for me, that didn't make it any less enjoyable. I would pick this one over many of the RomComs of today.