In the pictured scene, David has been stood up by his date on New Years Eve, but assures the lady in question that he will have no trouble finding another woman to take out, despite it being the last minute. He suddenly thinks of Polly, having no doubt that she's sitting at home alone with the baby-which she is. He arranges for her landlady to watch the baby, gets a fancy dress from the store for Polly, and escorts her to his swanky New Years bash. Polly is terribly nervous that she won't fit in- and so is David, resulting in his telling his friends that she's Swedish so that she won't have to talk to anyone. To his surprise, she's a big hit with his friends, especially the men, and a disgruntled David finds himself sitting alone at a table while one man after another asks Polly for a dance.
The above image is from my favourite New Years movie, Bachelor Mother from 1939, starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven. It tells the story of Polly Parrish (Rogers), a struggling salesgirl who is mistaken for the mother of an abandoned baby boy left at an orphanage. The charity workers approach her employer, David Merlin of Merlin's Department Store, who promises to guarantee Polly's job and give her a raise so that she can support her supposed son. Polly finds herself reluctantly pretending to be the mother, as it means she can keep her job instead of being laid off after the Christmas rush. Various complications ensue which result in her boss- just as reluctantly at first- becoming involved in Polly's and the baby's lives. In the pictured scene, David has been stood up by his date on New Years Eve, but assures the lady in question that he will have no trouble finding another woman to take out, despite it being the last minute. He suddenly thinks of Polly, having no doubt that she's sitting at home alone with the baby-which she is. He arranges for her landlady to watch the baby, gets a fancy dress from the store for Polly, and escorts her to his swanky New Years bash. Polly is terribly nervous that she won't fit in- and so is David, resulting in his telling his friends that she's Swedish so that she won't have to talk to anyone. To his surprise, she's a big hit with his friends, especially the men, and a disgruntled David finds himself sitting alone at a table while one man after another asks Polly for a dance.
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