Annual obligatory declaration of love for David Niven’s slightly messy hair in “Bachelor Mother” (1939)
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"I don't care who the father is, I'm the grandfather"

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The grandfather coming in throwing his weight around is a perfect plot device to mangle the situation even further.

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this movie would barely be a YouTube short if it were made today due to DNA testing
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By the way it is being used in negotiations, Assistance Floorwalker is evidently one of those great lost jobs of yore.

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“Of course, he talks! He said the first line of “Gunga Din”!”
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Ugh it hurts to laugh but there’s no way I can’t laugh at the “You’ve Disgraced the Toy Department” scene 😂
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Did anyone else have one of those weird flappy-footed duck toys as a kid? Mine was a hand-me-down from the 1950s that my great grandfather made for my grandfather & his siblings
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RKO was, at some point, one of the main distributors of Walt Disney films hence all the Donald Duck toys in “Bachelor Mother”
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I know there's better New Year's Eve films/films that feature NYE more prominently than "Bachelor Mother" (1939) but I feel like it’s criminally underrated despite having everything people love about screwball comedy in it & an absolutely stacked cast
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