Bachelor Bait (1934)
TAKE YOUR CHOICE AND TAKE YOUR CHANCES
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
- Date of release
- 1934-07-27
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Director
- George Stevens
Casting
- Stuart Erwin — William Watts
- Rochelle Hudson — Cynthia Douglas
- Pert Kelton — Allie Summers
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher — Bramwell Van Dusen
- Berton Churchill — "Big" Barney Nolan
- Grady Sutton — Don Belden / Diker
- Clarence Wilson — Clement Graftsman
- William Augustin — Man Wanting a Match (uncredited)
- Amelia Batchelor — Van's Secretary (uncredited)
- Lynton Brent — Photographer (uncredited)
- Nora Cecil — Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
- Phil Dunham — Wilson (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Bachelor Bait is a 1934 American comedy film about a man who is fired from his job issuing marriage licenses at city hall because of the actions of a co-worker. He starts a match making business which becomes very successful because of Mr. Watts' ability to find suitable matches for everybody except for himself. Bachelor Bait was director George Stevens' first feature-length film for RKO, filmed from 30 April to 18 May 1934. His first feature was The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933), for Universal.
Production
In February 1934, Lou Brock announced The Great American Harem as the next film for Ginger Rogers.
Alice Joyce Moore, daughter of Alice Joyce and Tom Moore, was signed for a role.
Anne Shirley as young girl at Marriage License Office
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