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Unexpected Father

Unexpected Father1939

★6.378 minDramaComedy

Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.

Director

Writer

Charles Grayson Leonard Spigelgass

Stars

Sanda Lee Henville Shirley Ross Dennis O'Keefe

Cast14

Sanda Lee Henville
as Sandy
Shirley Ross
as Dianna Donovan
Dennis O'Keefe
as Jimmy Hanley
Mischa Auer
as Boris Bebenko
Joy Hodges
as Peg - showgirl
Anne Gwynne
as Kitty - showgirl
Anne Nagel
as Beulah - showgirl
Donald Briggs
as Allen Rand - theatre manager
Richard Lane
as Leo Murphy - Booking Agent
Paul Guilfoyle
as Ed Stone - Sandy's Uncle
Mayo Methot
as Ethel Stone
Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Callahan
Spencer Charters
as Magistrate
Dorothy Arnold
as Sally - showgirl

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