The Bachelor Father

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The Bachelor Father
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Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Produced by	Marion Davies, Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Edward Childs Carpenter (play), Laurence E. Johnson
Starring	Marion Davies
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Editing by	Harry Reynolds
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	10 January 1931
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Bachelor Father is a 1931 American MGM drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film stars Marion Davies and Ralph Forbes and C. Aubrey Smith

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Ageing English bachelor Sir Basil Winterton (C. Aubrey Smith) suddenly has his hands full when his three grown (illegitimate) children return. Tony (Marion Davies) is a sharp tongued New Yorker, Maria is an aspiring opera singer and Ray Milland is the son.

Tony and Basil grow fond of each other, as do Tony and Ashley, but Sir Basil's Lawyer strikes when Tony learns that she is not really the daughter of Sir Basil. Sir Basil soon learns of the mistake and confronts Tony. She leaves Basil's estate and on flying back to the United States her plane crashes on take-off as Sir Basil reads a telegram that Tony sent before she boarded the plane. It explained that she loved him very much and she was sorry for what had happened.

Luckily Tony has survived the disaster and is carried into Sir Basil's living room to rest by Ashley. The film ends happily with Sir Basil promising to adopt Tony and Ashley promising to make her his wife.

[edit] Cast

Marion Davies ... Antoinette 'Tony' Flagg
Ralph Forbes ... John Ashley
C. Aubrey Smith ... Sir Basil Algernon 'Chief' Winterton
Ray Milland ... Geoffrey Trent
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Richard 'Dick' Berney (as Guinn Williams)
David Torrence ... Doctor Frank 'Mac' MacDonald
Doris Lloyd... Mrs. Julia Webb
Edgar Norton... Bolton, the Second Butler
Nina Quartero ... Maria Credaro (as Nena Quartero)
Halliwell Hobbes ... Larkin, the Butler
Elizabeth Murray ... Mrs. 'Aunt Molly' Berney
James Gordon... Mr. Carson Creswell, a Lawyer
Harry Allen ... Harry, the First Airplane Mechanic (uncredited)
Rina De Liguoro... Hortense (uncredited)

[edit] References

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