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Blondie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Frank Strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy. The plot involves the Bumsteads' fifth anniversary, Dagwood trying to get a raise, and Blondie trying to buy new furniture.
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.
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- Comedy, Family
- Frank R. Strayer
- 1938-11-30
The Blondie film series is an American comedy film series based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The series featured Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead .
Blondie (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
On the eve of their fifth wedding anniversary, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead, and their child Baby Dumpling, are in financial trouble. Blondie presses Dagwood to ask his boss Mr. Dithers for a raise because she has purchased a new set of living room furniture on credit as a surprise.
- Frank R. Strayer, Clifford Broughton
- Penny Singleton
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family. Frank R. Strayer. Director. Richard Flournoy.
The movie mostly consists of proto-sitcom* domestic hijinks: Job-like figure Dagwood Bumstead is besieged by a never-ending barrage of awkward circumstances, misunderstandings, and poor financial decisions, landing him in hot water with his boss, JC Dithers, and wife Blondie.
