The Bachelor Father

NR 6.4
1931 1 hr 30 min Drama , Comedy , 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.

  • Cast:
    Marion Davies , Ralph Forbes , C. Aubrey Smith , Ray Milland , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , David Torrence , Doris Lloyd

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Reviews

Tedfoldol
1931/01/10

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Stevecorp
1931/01/11

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Hayden Kane
1931/01/12

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Aneesa Wardle
1931/01/13

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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