The Bachelor Father

1h 30min

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.

Production Companies

Cosmopolitan Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Marion Davies

Marion Davies

Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

John Ashley
C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Basil "Chief" Winterton
Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Geoffrey Trent
David Torrence

David Torrence

Frank "Mac" MacDonald
Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Julia Webb
Nina Quartero

Nina Quartero

Maria Credaro
Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray

Molly Berney
James Gordon

James Gordon

Carson Creswell

Release date

10th Jan 1931

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English