The Bashful Bachelor is a 1942 American comedy film directed by
Malcolm St. Clair, produced by Jack Wm. Votion Productions and
distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The second film in the "Lum and
Abner" series adapted from the hit radio program, it stars Chester
Lauck and Norris Goff as Pine Ridge storekeepers Lum Edwards and Abner
Peabody. Lum is finally set to marry his patient sweetheart Geraldine
(ZaSu Pitts), but a staged rescue that makes him a reluctant hero —
and the attentions of a grateful society girl — drives Geraldine into
the arms of rival Cedric Weehunt, forcing Lum and Abner to win her
back at the county horse race. The film is in the public domain
through non-renewal.
Comedy · Romance
