The Beloved Bachelor (1931)
Beloved Bachelor
72 min
Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.
- Release date
- October 23, 1931
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Paul Lukas as Michael Morda
- Dorothy Jordan as Mitzi Stressman
- Vivienne Osborne as Elinor Hunter
- Charles Ruggles as Jerry Wells
- Marjorie Gateson as Hortense Cole
- Harold Minjir as Winthrop Cole
- John Breeden as Jimmy Martin
- Leni Stengel as Julie Stressman
- Betty Van Allen as Mitzi Stressman at Age 6
- Alma Chester as Martha
Crew
- Lloyd Corrigan · Director
- Sidney Buchman · Writer
- Raymond Griffith · Writer
- Agnes Brand Leahy · Writer
- Edward Peple · Writer
- Charles Rosher · Cinematographer