The Bachelor Father (1931)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1931-01-10
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Writers: Edward Childs Carpenter , Laurence E. Johnson
Language: English | French
Stars: Marion Davies , Ralph Forbes , C. Aubrey Smith , Ray Milland , Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams , David Torrence (1864–1951) , Doris Lloyd (1896–1968) , Edgar Norton , Nina Quartero , Halliwell Hobbes (1877–1962)
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Bachelor Father , The Bachelor Father (United Kingdom) , O Pai Celibatário (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Papá solterón (Spain) , Pedar e Mojarrad (Iran) , The Bachelor Father (United States of America) , The Bachelor Father (Canada) , Papai Solteirão (Brazil) , Отец-холостяк
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0021633