The Bachelor Father (1931)
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.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
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Marion Davies as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg |
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Ralph Forbes as John Ashley |
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C. Aubrey Smith as Basil "Chief" Winterton |
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Ray Milland as Geoffrey Trent |
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Dick Berney |
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David Torrence as Frank "Mac" MacDonald |
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Doris Lloyd as Julia Webb |
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Edgar Norton as Bolton |
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Nina Quartero as Maria Credaro |
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Halliwell Hobbes as Larkin |
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Elizabeth Murray as Molly Berney |
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James Gordon as Carson Creswell |
| Directing | Robert Z. Leonard | Director |
| Writing | Edward Childs Carpenter | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Writing | Laurence E. Johnson | Writer |
| Production | Robert Z. Leonard | Producer |
| Editing | Harry Reynolds | Editor |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Production | Marion Davies | Producer |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Camera | Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
