The Bachelor Father

The Bachelor Father

Her daddy was a bachelor-and she won her way right into his heart.

NR 1931 · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · Written by Laurence E. Johnson

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Marion Davies Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
Ralph Forbes John Ashley
C. Aubrey Smith Basil "Chief" Winterton
Ray Milland Geoffrey Trent
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Dick Berney
David Torrence Frank "Mac" MacDonald
Doris Lloyd Julia Webb
Edgar Norton Bolton
Nina Quartero Maria Credaro
Halliwell Hobbes Larkin
Elizabeth Murray Molly Berney
James Gordon Carson Creswell

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