Main Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Nita Talbot
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
This musicalized remake of the 1939 comedy Bachelor Mother stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher (then Mr. and Mrs.) in the roles originated by Ginger Rogers and David Niven. Reynolds plays a department store salesgirl whose life is turned topsy-turvy when she finds an abandoned baby. Despite her protestations, everyone assumes that she's the mother of the child, including Fisher, the son of store owner Adolphe Menjou. Meanwhile, Menjou convinced that his son is the baby's father, is determined that his boy will "do right" by the innocent Reynolds. Much of the comic zest of the original film is diluted by the lackluster performance of Eddie Fisher, though Debbie Reynolds and the rest of the cast are in fine form. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Nick Castle - Choreography, Howard Shoup - Costume Designer, Norman Taurog - Director, Harry Marker - Editor, Josef Myrow - Composer (Music Score), Walter Scharf - Composer (Music Score), William Snyder - Cinematographer, Edmund Grainger - Producer, Felix Jackson - Screen Story, Norman Krasna - Screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman - Screenwriter, Robert Carson - Screenwriter
Bundle of Joy (1956) is a musical remake of the comedy film Bachelor Mother (1939). It stars Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, and Adolphe Menjou. An unmarried salesgirl at a department store finds and takes care of an abandoned baby. Much confusion results when her co-workers assume the child is hers and that the father is the son of the store owner.
Cast
Eddie Fisher as Dan Merlin
Debbie Reynolds as Polly Parish
Adolphe Menjou as J. B. Merlin, Dan's father and Polly's ultimate boss
