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About
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Theatrical
Aug 4, 1939
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$509K
Return
3.9x
Director
Writers
Producer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Music
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →G
Ginger Rogers
Polly Parrish
D
David Niven
David Merlin
C
Charles Coburn
J. B. Merlin
F
Frank Albertson
Freddie Miller
E
E. E. Clive
Butler
F
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Weiss
E
Ernest Truex
Investigator
L
Leonard Penn
Jerome Weiss
P
Paul Stanton
Hargraves
F
Frank M. Thomas
Doctor
E
Edna Holland
Matron
D
Dennie Moore
Mary
J
June Wilkins
Louise King
C
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck (voice)
D
Dorothy Adams
Secretary (uncredited)
M
Murray Alper
Dance Floor Gatekeeper (uncredited)
I
Irving Bacon
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
J
Joseph E. Bernard
Store Watchman (uncredited)
J
Jack Chefe
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
C
Chester Clute
Oliver (uncredited)
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Quotes
See all →Christmas Gift Confusion Between Freddie and Polly
Freddie
Where did it come from?
[referring to the baby]
Polly
I got it for Christmas!
Freddie
...This Christmas or last Christmas?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Importance of Keeping Receipts
Clerk
Do you have the sales slip?
David Merlin
Do you have the sales slip?
[to Polly, who is around the corner]
Polly Parrish
I threw it away.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
