Father Is a Bachelor

Father Is a Bachelor is a 1950 romantic comedy film starring William Holden and Coleen Gray.

Johnny makes the acquaintance of lovely heiress Prudence Millett Coleen Gray when she comes to inquire why the children are not in school. A romance begins to blossom, despite Johnnys determination to remain free of entanglements.When wealthy, unloved Jeffrey Gilland Sr. Frederic Tozere orders Johnny to keep his disreputable children away from his son Jeffrey Jr. Tommy Ivo, Johnny scuffles with him and gets thrown in jail. He is bailed out by Prudence, but his troubles are not over. Plato Cassin Clinton Sundberg finds out about the childrens parents and blackmails Johnny into agreeing to marry one of his older, spinster sisters, Genevieve Peggy Converse or Adelaide Lillian Bronson, in order to keep the kids. Adelaide wins a ring toss game for the privilege. Plato also convinces Prudence that Johnny was using the children to romance her. ........

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