The Bachelor Father
1931 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,205 VOTES · DIR. Robert Z. Leonard
Overview
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.
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00:01:04 Is Sir Basil still at dinner, Bolton? - Yes, sir.
00:04:38 What?
00:07:55 A girl or a boy? - A girl with a funny name.
00:12:05 Dick, wait a minute.
00:15:36 Are you deaf as well as dumb?
00:19:41 When that old guy sees us ..
00:23:46 Larkin. Take these fish to the kitchen.
00:27:02 Don't stand there like stuffed dolls. Come down.
00:30:23 Basil.
00:33:51 How are we to address you?
00:37:50 Is she the girlfriend?
00:41:49 Go away. Go away.
00:45:37 No. An aeroplane. The old taxi is just outside the door.
00:49:12 The children, however, feel that they would like one final huddle.
00:52:57 Go and buy yourself a pipe. - Thank you, sir.
00:56:15 And wants to know if he can speak to you privately.
00:59:55 I couldn't do that, Dick.
01:03:13 I meant to tell you before.
01:08:19 Are you stopping for luncheon, John? - Of course.
01:12:42 Look at her face.
01:17:50 This argument is between you and me.
01:21:32 She's about to fly to America with that chap Berney.
01:25:46 "They are off the ground now."
01:30:01 ..w-g..
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