Bachelor Bait

1934
A
1h 14m

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Stuart Erwin and Pert Kelton in Bachelor Bait (1934)

Bumbling clerk fired from Marriage License Bureau starts matchmaking business, personally gets involved with clients, faces challenges due to his meddling.Bumbling clerk fired from Marriage License Bureau starts matchmaking business, personally gets involved with clients, faces challenges due to his meddling.Bumbling clerk fired from Marriage License Bureau starts matchmaking business, personally gets involved with clients, faces challenges due to his meddling.

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6.1/10

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Stuart Erwin

Mr. William Watts

Rochelle Hudson

Cynthia Douglas

Pert Kelton

Allie Summers

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Bramwell Van Dusen
(as 'Skeets' Gallagher)

Berton Churchill

'Big' Barney Nolan
(as Burton Churchill)

Grady Sutton

Don Belden…

Clarence Wilson

District Attorney Clement Graftsman
(as Clarence H. Wilson)

William Augustin

Man Wanting a Match
(uncredited)

Amelia Batchelor

Van's Secretary
(uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Photographer
(uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Mrs. Trutmanner - President of the Window Box Horticulturists
(uncredited)

Phil Dunham

Wilson - Graftsman's Assistant
(uncredited)

Hazel Forbes

Margery the Receptionist
(uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Postal Clerk
(uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Newspaper Reporter
(uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Policeman
(uncredited)

Tom London

Detective
(uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Policeman
(uncredited)

Director
- George Stevens
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6/10

For Once I Enjoyed Stu Erwin In A Lead Role

Stu Erwin is fired from his job as clerk at the marriage license bureau. Based on his years of observing people in love, he goes into the matrimonial agency business. He is a roaring success andsoon acquires a partner in shyster Skeets Gallagher, but never realizes he loves his adoring secretary, Rochelle Hudson.

I rarely enjoy Erwin as a lead in his comedies; his slow-witted hick does not amuse me. Here, however, under George Stevens (directing his first feature at RKO), he's enjoyable amdist a cast that includes good roles for Pert Kelton, Grady Sutton, Berton Churchill, and Clarence Wilson. Stevens even sneaks in a brief, uncredited talking role for his father, Landers Stevens.

According to studio records, this movie was not a success. It booked a loss of $6,000. Stevens would do better by his backers.

boblipton
Dec 23, 2024
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Trivia
The father who barges on in his son applying for a marriage license in the beginning of the film was played by the actual father of George Stevens, the director of this RKO film.

Quotes
Mr. Wells - Lionel's Dad: You be in the office at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Lionel Pierpont Wells - Marriage License Applicant: But Dad, what about our honeymoon?
Mr. Wells - Lionel's Dad: Alright then, make it nine-thirty.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown over a background of underwater scenery, with ladies sitting on fish-hooks.

Soundtracks
The Donkey Serenade
(uncredited)
Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest
Played as background music at the Ritz