| Bachelor Bait | |
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| Directed by | George Stevens |
| Screenplay by | Glenn Tryon |
| Story by | Edward Halperin Victor Halperin |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Stuart Erwin Rochelle Hudson Pert Kelton "Skeets" Gallagher Berton Churchill Grady Sutton Clarence Wilson Anne Shirley |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $120,000[1] |
| Box office | $195,000[1] |
Bachelor Bait is a 1934 American comedy film about a man (William Watts) 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 (originally titled The Great American Harem) was director George Stevens' first feature-length film for RKO, filmed from 30 April to 18 May 1934.[2]
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57
- ^ His first feature was The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933), for Universal. Marilyn Ann Moss, Giant: George Stevens, a Life on Film (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004), 29; ISBN 9780299204303