Bundle of Joy (1956)

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unmarried salesgirl at a department store finds an abandoned baby and decides to take care of it. This leads to a series of misunderstandings when her co-workers believe the baby is hers and that the store owner's son is the father.

lightheartedwhimsicalromanticconfusedcheerfulupbeatcharmingcomical

What happens

Bundle of Joy is a 1956 American Technicolor musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds (who were married in real-life at the time) and Adolphe Menjou. It is a remake of the 1939 comedy film Bachelor Mother, which starred Ginger Rogers and David Niven, and was itself an English remake of the 1935 Austrian-Hungarian comedy film Little Mother. Produced by Edmund Grainger, it was distributed by RKO Pictures. An unmarried salesgirl at a department store finds and takes care of an abandoned baby. Much confusion results when her co-workers assume the child is hers and that the father is the son of the store owner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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