The Beloved Bachelor

1h 12min

Drama

Family

Romance

Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.

Cast

Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas

Michael Morda
Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Elinor Hunter
Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Jerry Wells
Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

Hortense Cole
John Breeden

John Breeden

Jimmy Martin
Harold Minjir

Harold Minjir

Winthrop Cole
Leni Stengel

Leni Stengel

Julie Stressman
Betty Van Allen

Betty Van Allen

Mitzi, aged 6
Guy Oliver

Guy Oliver

John Adams

Release date

23rd Oct 1931

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English