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  1. Bachelor Mother (Garson Kanin, 1939)

    https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/115737491093374130

    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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  2. Annual obligatory declaration of love for David Niven’s slightly messy hair in “Bachelor Mother” (1939)
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother #DavidNiven #HappyHolidays

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

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

    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother

  6. “Of course, he talks! He said the first line of “Gunga Din”!”
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  7. Ugh it hurts to laugh but there’s no way I can’t laugh at the “You’ve Disgraced the Toy Department” scene 😂
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother

  8. 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
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother

  9. RKO was, at some point, one of the main distributors of Walt Disney films hence all the Donald Duck toys in “Bachelor Mother”
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother #DonaldDuck

  10. 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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  11. “I found this baby on the doorstep of your Department of Unfounded Judgements”
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  12. “I don’t care who the father is! I’m the grandfather”
    That’s not that works but okay
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  13. “He looks exactly like me!”
    To be fair, every baby looks like Charles Coburn
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  14. If I recall correctly the first line of Kipling’s “Gunga Din” is about beer or makes mention of drinking.
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  15. @analgesicsleep @MatthewTitus88

    Somebody look out the window to see if the apocalypse is here. We'll wait to the end of the feature to do anything, of course.

    #MusComEnt 👶 #BachelorMother

  16. There’s a 1956 musical remake of “Bachelor Mother” titled “Bundle of Joy” starring Debbie Reynolds and that rat bastard Eddie Fisher. It’s not very good but unfortunately TCM will still be showing it on NYE this year
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother

  17. This level of disguise is why David Niven is my favorite James Bond
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  18. That 'quack quack quack quack' in the background is a subtle but perfect reminder of the annoyance of retail work.

    #MusComEnt 👶 #BachelorMother

  19. “And, strange baby, is your first lesson in how you play a man like a fiddle under threat of being blackballed by a wealthy businessman”
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  20. Yay! She got her job back🎉
    Boo! The agency hunted down her employer to tell them about her dropping off a baby that isn’t even hers🤬
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother

  21. The name Polly Parrish always reminds of Polly Purebred from “Underdog”
    #MusComEnt #BachelorMother