The Bachelor Father
1931, Film, 90 min, Comedy, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 65
Her daddy was a bachelor-and she won her way right into his heart.
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
Cast
- Marion Davies as Antoinette 'Tony' Flagg
- Ralph Forbes as John Ashley
- C. Aubrey Smith as Sir Basil Algernon 'Chief' Winterton
- Ray Milland as Geoffrey Trent
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Richard 'Dick' Berney
- David Torrence as Dr. Frank 'Mac' MacDonald
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Julia Webb
- Edgar Norton as Bolton, the Second Butler
- Nina Quartero as Maria Credaro
- Halliwell Hobbes as Larkin, the Butler
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