this film be strictly for fan of debbie reynolds and eddie fisher . i get angry at tcm for show this mess more frequently than bachelor mother and the delightful original . i get angry still that some hollywood boob think it would be a good idea to remake bachelor mother and fill it with some lame song that only serve to interrupt the flow of a cute comedy . instead and hollywood could have spend the time and money and energy and talent waste on this horrible remake to give u something new and original wow and what a concept . bachelor mother ( the original ) and with ginger rogers and david niven be a spicy stew and simmer with sexuality . it be a 1930 wink at the hays office . bundle of joy ( the remake ) and with debbie reynolds and eddie fisher be strictly milk and cooky . it be a 1950 handshake with eisenhower . which cast would you rather watch debbie reynolds and eddie fisher and adolphe menjou and or ginger rogers and david niven and charles coburn . for me and every member of the cast in the original version be far good than his or her counterpart in the remake . in the original a beautiful and young ginger rogers be at her peak . david niven delivers perfectly a a somewhat spoiled and sophisticated and yet befuddle scion of a wealthy department store magnate . and i always love to see charles coburn in a movie . in bachelor mother and he be priceless a the desperate grandfather wannabe . in bundle of joy debbie reynolds be her usual perky self . she be fine in this role and although her performance ( along with fisher ) completely change the tone of the story . a an actor and eddie fisher be hopeless . he be completely lack in screen presence . here he be way too wholesome for this story . his acting be completely bland and clueless . likewise and his singing be so bland and unremarkable that it have be completely forget by the world at large . the only time he be not completely painful be in butterfield 8 where and incidentally and he doesn not sing . here and fisher lame performance alone be enough to ruin this movie . adolphe menjou and a favorite character actor and deliver a competent performance and but not one of his best . he be more blustering than command . he and fisher be not convince a a father and son . do you see a musical for the music and the story be merely incidental . or do watch a musical for a story and with some ( hopefullly ) good music use for season . if the former and you might like this lame remake . otherwise you be much good off watch the ginger rogers non musical original and bachelor mother .