The Beloved Bachelor (1931)
Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
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Paul Lukas as Michael Morda |
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Dorothy Jordan as Mitzi |
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Vivienne Osborne as Elinor Hunter |
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Charles Ruggles as Jerry Wells |
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Marjorie Gateson as Hortense Cole |
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John Breeden as Jimmy Martin |
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Harold Minjir as Winthrop Cole |
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Leni Stengel as Julie Stressman |
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Betty Van Allen as Mitzi, aged 6 |
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Alma Chester as Martha |
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Guy Oliver as John Adams |
| Directing | Lloyd Corrigan | Director |
| Directing | Edwin L. Marin | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Charles Rosher | Cinematography |
| Camera | William Rand | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Guy Bennett | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Thomas Morris | Camera Technician |
| Writing | Raymond Griffith | Adaptation |
| Writing | Agnes Brand Leahy | Adaptation |
| Writing | Sidney Buchman | Dialogue |
| Camera | William E. Thomas | Still Photographer |
