1939 film Bachelor Mother
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"Bachelor Mother" is a 1939 screwball comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven, centered on a shop girl mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bachelor Mother (1939 film) | 2 |
| 1939 film Bachelor Mother canonical | 1 |
| Bachelor Mother (1939) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11694184 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1939 film Bachelor Mother Context triple: [J.B. Merlin, appearsIn, 1939 film Bachelor Mother]
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A.
Bringing Up Baby
Bringing Up Baby is a classic 1938 screwball comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, renowned for its fast-paced farce, witty dialogue, and influential place in Hollywood comedy history.
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B.
Mother (1926 film)
Mother (1926 film) is a seminal Soviet silent drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative use of montage and its powerful depiction of revolutionary struggle.
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C.
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey is a 1936 screwball comedy film about a "forgotten man" hired as a wealthy family's butler, renowned for its witty social satire and classic performances.
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D.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
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E.
The Divorcee (1930)
The Divorcee (1930) is a pre-Code American drama film, produced at MGM, that became notable for its frank treatment of marriage and infidelity and earned Norma Shearer an Academy Award for Best Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1939 film Bachelor Mother Target entity description: "Bachelor Mother" is a 1939 screwball comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven, centered on a shop girl mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.
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A.
Bringing Up Baby
Bringing Up Baby is a classic 1938 screwball comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, renowned for its fast-paced farce, witty dialogue, and influential place in Hollywood comedy history.
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B.
Mother (1926 film)
Mother (1926 film) is a seminal Soviet silent drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative use of montage and its powerful depiction of revolutionary struggle.
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C.
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey is a 1936 screwball comedy film about a "forgotten man" hired as a wealthy family's butler, renowned for its witty social satire and classic performances.
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D.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
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E.
The Divorcee (1930)
The Divorcee (1930) is a pre-Code American drama film, produced at MGM, that became notable for its frank treatment of marriage and infidelity and earned Norma Shearer an Academy Award for Best Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
1935 Austrian-Hungarian film Little Mother
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Little Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
David Merlin
NERFINISHED
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J.B. Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Polly Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | J. Roy Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Garson Kanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
RKO
NERFINISHED
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RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Jack Hively NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Bundle of Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class differences
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mistaken identity ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood Golden Age screwball comedies ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A shop girl is mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
David Merlin – David Niven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J.B. Merlin – Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Polly Parrish – Ginger Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Buddy G. DeSylva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1939-06-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Bundle of Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| remakeReleaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| remakeStarring |
Debbie Reynolds
NERFINISHED
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Eddie Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Felix Jackson
NERFINISHED
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Garson Kanin NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Krasna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Coburn
NERFINISHED
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David Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ E.E. Clive NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferike Boros NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Albertson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ginger Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Bachelor Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1939 film Bachelor Mother Description of subject: "Bachelor Mother" is a 1939 screwball comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven, centered on a shop girl mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bachelor Mother (1939)
this entity surface form:
Bachelor Mother (1939 film)
this entity surface form:
Bachelor Mother (1939 film)