Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Directed by Frank Tashlin
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this comedy, an awkward TV repairman finds himself falling for an actress who doesn't even know he exists and instead marries a dashing Mexican bullfighter. Unfortunately, he dies the day after their wedding; fortunately, he managed to impregnate her. Unfortunately, she is soon supposed to be starring in a religious epic called The White Virgin on the Nile. To help her, the repairman offers to watch her baby after it is born. Unfortunately, she gives birth to triplets. Later he marries the sister of the actress who bears him quintuplets. Some guys have all the luck. Songs include: "In the Land of La La La", "Dormi, Dormi, Dormi", "The White Virgin of the Nile", "Love is a Lonely Thing" and ""Why Can't He Care for Me?""
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actor, bachelor, bullfighter, childbirth, death, film, flashback, friendship, husband, large-family, love, marriage, Mexico, nanny, newborn, pregnancy, quintuplet, rescue, sister, stars [celebrities], television, toddlers, triplets, wedding, car
