Summaries

An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.

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.—Diana Hamilton <[email protected]>

Unemployed Polly Parrish impulsively picks up a baby foundling, her employer's playboy son assumes its hers then offers her a job if she lives up to her motherly duties, then the "supposed" grandfather steps in to find where his 'grandson' came from.—RosieBee

Details

Keywords
  • christmas
  • new york city
  • single mother
  • baby
  • adoption
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Release date Aug 3, 1939
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies RKO Radio Pictures

Box office

Gross worldwide $4149

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 22m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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