Wow! What a great movie “Bachelor Mother” was. I ended up seeing the film on Thursday December 9th at 7:00pm and I must say I was a bit surprised by how the whole thing turned out. I figured that since the movie is so old it would not be good, but I was wrong. There were many parts of my Normal Theatre experience that I enjoyed very much. One such thing happened before the movie even started. Before the film the theater played a cartoon episode; I guess it is their version of previews. It involved Daffy Duck and the Stork and was quite comedic. It definitely got me ready to see the movie and learn what it was about. Speaking of which, going into this film I imaged that it was a simple plot about a rich store owner falling in love with one of his employees. Man oh’ man was I wrong… There was so much more to this movie and there is no way I can cover it all in this blog, so I’ll just hit my favorite parts. First off, I found it extremely relevant that the movie was set during Christmas time, because it is currently Christmas time. I also enjoyed the comedic relief that happened throughout the duration of the film. This was seen many times through the male characters trying to impress Polly (the main character), but Polly also included some of her own knee slappers. Another particularly interesting thing that happened in the movie was how it played out. At the beginning Polly wanted nothing to do with the baby and insisted that it was not hers. Yet, as time went on she began to love the baby more and more, as if it was her own. What happened next was for me one of the most ironic things I have ever seen in any film. The store owner, who once forced the baby upon Polly and insisted it was hers, fell in love with Polly and thus had to start proclaiming the baby, was not his. Nevertheless, it all worked out in the end and Polly ends up marrying the store owner after they both admit to the big man (the store owner’s dad), the baby is both of theirs. Now isn’t that ironic? Yea yeah I know, my guess in my first blog about how the store owner was the ACTUAL father was wrong, but what can I say; you win some you lose some. All in all, seeing the “Bachelor Mother” was a great way to spend my Thursday night. I really appreciated seeing how actors acted back then and how movies were made in the past. There definitely is a difference in the way they portray themselves on film, and how the films are shot for that matter. The directors back then incorporated comedy, love, iron, and all other movie techniques into the films much differently than today’s modern action movies and I really enjoyed it. It was a nice break from the normal guns blazing, glory filled movies that make up today’s society and I definitely want to go back soon. That said I am really glad I was able to experience the Normal Theatre and watch a film that my grandparents most likely watched when they were my age!
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