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Blondie

  • 19381938
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
743
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Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
  • Comedy
  • Family
Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
743
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Frank R. Strayer
  • Writers
    • Richard Flournoy(screen play)
    • Chic Young(based upon the comic strip created by)
  • Stars
    • Penny Singleton
    • Arthur Lake
    • Larry Simms
Top credits
  • Director
    • Frank R. Strayer
  • Writers
    • Richard Flournoy(screen play)
    • Chic Young(based upon the comic strip created by)
  • Stars
    • Penny Singleton
    • Arthur Lake
    • Larry Simms
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Dice, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton at an event for Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake, Gene Lockhart, and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Irving Bacon and Charles Lane in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake and Gene Lockhart in Blondie (1938)
    Larry Simms and Daisy in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake, Gene Lockhart, and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Larry Simms in Blondie (1938)
    Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton in Blondie (1938)
    Ann Doran in Blondie (1938)

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    Penny Singleton
    Penny Singleton
    • Blondie Bumsteadas Blondie Bumstead
    Arthur Lake
    Arthur Lake
    • Dagwood Bumsteadas Dagwood Bumstead
    Larry Simms
    Larry Simms
    • Baby Dumplingas Baby Dumpling
    Daisy
    Daisy
    • Daisyas Daisy
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Elsie Hazlipas Elsie Hazlip
    Dorothy Moore
    Dorothy Moore
    • Dorothyas Dorothy
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • C.P. Hazlipas C.P. Hazlip
    Jonathan Hale
    Jonathan Hale
    • J.C. Dithersas J.C. Dithers
    Gordon Oliver
    Gordon Oliver
    • Chester Franeyas Chester Franey
    Danny Mummert
    Danny Mummert
    • Alvin Fuddleas Alvin Fuddle
    Kathleen Lockhart
    Kathleen Lockhart
    • Mrs. Milleras Mrs. Miller
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Porteras Porter
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    • Judgeas Judge
    Hal K. Dawson
    • Eddieas Eddie
    • (scenes deleted)
    Chuck Hamilton
    Chuck Hamilton
    • Policemanas Policeman
    • (scenes deleted)
    Eugene Anderson Jr.
    • Newsboyas Newsboy
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Mr. Hicksas Mr. Hicks
    • (uncredited)
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • Man on Busas Man on Bus
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank R. Strayer
    • Writers
      • Richard Flournoy(screen play)
      • Chic Young(based upon the comic strip created by)
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    • Trivia
      The first of twenty-eight Blondie movies, all starring Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead, Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead and Larry Simms as Alexander "Baby Dumpling" Bumstead released by Columbia Pictures from 1938 to 1950.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      One Night of Love
      (1934) (uncredited)

      Music by Victor Schertzinger

    User reviews13

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    8/10
    Meet the Bumsteads
    BLONDIE (Columbia, 1938), directed by Frank R. Strayer, introduces Chic Young's famous comic strip characters, the Bumsteads, to the silver screen in the persona of Penny Singleton as Blondie; Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead; Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling; and Jonathan Hale as Mr. J.C. Dithers.

    In this series opener, Blondie, Dagwood and their four-year-old son they call Baby Dumpling, along with their dog, Daisy, live in a simple community going through their daily routines. Though simple enough, a chain of unfortunate events soon come one after the other at the time of Blondie and Dagwood's fifth wedding anniversary. Blondie starts the show by planning a surprise anniversary party and presenting Dagwood with the house of brand new furniture. While Dagwood is trying to impress his boss, Mr. Dithers, in trying to contact a very important client for the firm by waiting for him in the hotel lobby where he is staying, Dagwood befriends a middle-aged gentleman (Gene Lockhart) in trying to fix a broken down vacuum cleaner. Coming up to this man's room, Dagwood is introduced to the man he calls C.P., and his daughter, Elsie (Ann Doran), unaware that this is the man Dagwood must contact for the firm. Problems ensue when Blondie suspects Dagwood is having a secret rendezvous with an Elsie Watson, and mistakes CP's daughter to be that girl, considering Dagwood was seen with Elsie at the hotel by Blondie's former sweetheart, Chester Franey (Gordon Oliver). Chester shows up at the Bumsteads anniversary party, telling Blondie of the situation to Blondie at the gathering of guests consisting of Blondie's mother (Kathleen Lockhart), and sister, Dot (Dorothy Moore), leading to a World War battle. Poor Dagwood must get CP and his daughter to come to his house to straighten out everything, but more complications ensue. And yes, Dagwood gets fired for the first of many times on screen by Dithers.

    Setting the pattern in future film installments is Blondie getting jealous when she believes Dagwood is tangled with another woman; Dagwood running out of the house and running over the postman in order to catch his morning bus for work; and Alvin Fuddow (Danny Mummert), Baby Dumpling's "genius" friend, getting his chance to show off his smartness, etc. Supporting the cast are Irving Bacon as Mr. Beasley, the postman, the surname later changed to Crum in future installments); Fay Helm as Alvin's mother; Ian Wolfe as the courtroom judge, along with several other character actors. And let's not forget Daisy, the Bumstead dog, who is always the scene stealer. Fortunately, American Movie Classics, which premiered BLONDIE October 8, 1995, has restored its original theatrical opening and closing titles, starting with the Columbia logo, doing away with the tag-on opening and ending with the King Features logo and 1960s-style sing along theme by unknown vocalists that accompanied the movie and its sequels when distributed to local television in 1970. Interestingly, when shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM premiere: May 1, 2018), the cable channel that airs restored movie prints, reverted to the King Features opening from the 1970s instead. BLONDIE is an enjoyable entry that produced 27 more movie episodes, ending with 1950s BEWARE OF BLONDIE. One particular thing about the BLONDIE series is that the central characters are played by the same actors throughout the entire series. And no one can play Blondie and Dagwood better than Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. Sequel: BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS (1939) (***)
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    • Release date
      • November 30, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Blondie: The Movie Series
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Блонди
    • Filming locations
      • Columbia Pictures, Sunset Boulevard & Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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