''The Bachelor's Daughters'' is a 1946 American

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Stone and Frederick J. Jackson. It stars

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and Eugene List. The film was released on September 6, 1946, by

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Plot

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floorwalker is persuaded by four husband-seeking

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s to pose as their father in a

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which they have rented by pooling resources and pretending to be wealthy themselves

Cast

as Eileen MacFarland *

as Cynthia Davis *

as Terry Wilson *

as Alexander Moody *

as Molly Burns *

as Marta Jordan * Eugene List as Schuyler Johnson *

Damian O'Flynn Damian O'Flynn (January 29, 1907 – August 8, 1982) was an Irish- American actor of film and television originally from Holt, Nebraska. Biography Damian Francis Flynn, stage name Damian O'Flynn, began his stage career in Omaha before at ...

as Rex Miller *John Whitney as Bruce Farrington *

Russell Hicks Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film character actor. Hicks was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the ...

as John Llewelyn Dillon *

Earle Hodgins Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor. Career Early in his career, Hodgins was active in stock theater, including working in the Ralph Cloninger troupe of Salt Lake City, Utah, the Siegel Stock company of ...

as Dr. Johnson *Madge Crane as Mrs. Johnson * Bill Kennedy as Mr. Stapp *

Richard Hageman Richard Hageman (9 July 1881 – 6 March 1966) was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer. Biography Richard Hageman was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. He was the son of Maurits Hageman of Zutphen, a violinist, pi ...

as Mr. Johnson *Igor Dicga as Dancer *

Clayton Moore Clayton Moore (born Jack Carlton Moore, September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional Western character the Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1952 and 1953 to 1957 on the television series of the sa ...

as Bill Cotter

Radio adaptation

''The Bachelor's Daughters'' was presented on ''This Is Hollywood'' November 16, 1946. Russell and Menjou reprised their film roles in the adaptation, which also starred

Gail Patrick Gail Patrick (born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick; June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980) was an American film actress and television producer. Often cast as the bad girl or the other woman, she appeared in more than 60 feature films between 1932 a ...

References

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* 1946 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Andrew L. Stone United Artists films 1946 comedy films American comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language comedy films Films with screenplays by Frederick J. Jackson Films set in New York City {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub