Blondie Plays Cupid


1h 8m 1940
Blondie Plays Cupid

Brief Synopsis

The Bumsteads decide to spend a safe and sane 4th of July at Aunt Hannah's ranch. After missing their station, they hitch a ride with a young couple who are getting ready to elope. The young man, Charlie, sprains his ankle, so Dagwood is enlisted to carry the girl off for him. Dagwood climbs into her father's window by mistake, and just as the old man is about to explode with rage, Baby Dumpling explodes a firecracker which turns out to be a stick of dynamite. As the action reaches its peak, a gusher of oil suddenly springs up in the yard.

Film Details

Also Known As
Blondie Goes to the Country
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Oct 31, 1940
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young, owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate, Inc. (1930--).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 8m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7 reels

Synopsis

To placate his wife Blondie for the offense of possession of firecrackers, Dagwood Bumstead agrees to spend a peaceful Fourth of July at her Aunt Hannah's farm in the country. Complications begin to develop when the Bumsteads board the wrong train and are forced to hitchhike to Aunt Hannah's. They are picked up by Millie and Charlie, a young couple on their way to the justice of the peace to be married. As the lovebirds disappear into the justice's house to be wed, Millie's father, Mr. Tucker, rushes in with a shotgun, stops the ceremony, and drives off in the car with Dagwood, his son Baby Dumpling and dog Daisy. Charlie then accompanies Blondie to her Aunt's farm where, with the Bumstead's encouragement, he decides to elope once more with Millie. Charlie's plans go awry when he twists his ankle on Daisy's bone and consequently, Dagwood is pressed into acting as a surrogate. As the reluctant Dagwood mistakenly climbs into Mr. Tucker's bedroom rather than Millie's, he is met with a shot gun. In the ensuing chase, Baby Dumpling finds a stick of dynamite and, believing it to be a firecracker, lights it. The resulting explosion brings in an oil well on Tucker's property, and the old man is so overjoyed that he finally consents to the marriage. The Bumsteads then end their peaceful holiday in the hospital.

Film Details

Also Known As
Blondie Goes to the Country
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Oct 31, 1940
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young, owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate, Inc. (1930--).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 8m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7 reels

Articles

Blondie Films


The characters and domestic comedy plot of the comic strip "Blondie" were the basis of a popular 28-film series of B movies produced by Columbia Pictures between 1938 and 1950. The Chic Young strip debuted in newspapers in September 1930, following the relationship of a flapper called "Blondie Boopadoop" who marries wealthy playboy Dagwood Bumstead. The Bumsteads disapprove of Blondie and disinherit Dagwood when the couple marries, so he goes to work at a construction company owned by Mr. Dithers. 

The first film, Blondie (1938) was a surprise hit, and the studio decided to turn it into a series, but after five years, Columbia had grown tired of the Bumsteads. The audience's negative response to the cancellation was so strong that the studio was forced to bring it back. The Blondie series ended when Columbia could not agree on a new licensing contract with King Features, the syndicate that owned the rights to the comic strip. Blondie had another life on radio and then briefly on television later in the 1950s.

The movie series starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake as Blondie and Dagwood. After doing several radio episodes, Singleton left the show and was replaced by Alice White, Ann Rutherford, and Lake's real-life wife, Patricia van Cleve. Pamela Britton played the title character opposite Lake in the 1958 TV series. Singleton later provided the voice of Jane in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons and Jetsons: The Movie (1990).

The comic strip appears in newspapers to this day, drawn by Dean Young, son of Chic Young, who drew the strip until he died in 1973.

Blondie in Society (1941) airing 11/6/21 at 9:15 pm
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) airing 11/6/21 at 8:00 pm
Blondie’s Blessed Event (1942) airing 11/6/21 at 10:45 pm

Blondie Films

Blondie Films

The characters and domestic comedy plot of the comic strip "Blondie" were the basis of a popular 28-film series of B movies produced by Columbia Pictures between 1938 and 1950. The Chic Young strip debuted in newspapers in September 1930, following the relationship of a flapper called "Blondie Boopadoop" who marries wealthy playboy Dagwood Bumstead. The Bumsteads disapprove of Blondie and disinherit Dagwood when the couple marries, so he goes to work at a construction company owned by Mr. Dithers. The first film, Blondie (1938) was a surprise hit, and the studio decided to turn it into a series, but after five years, Columbia had grown tired of the Bumsteads. The audience's negative response to the cancellation was so strong that the studio was forced to bring it back. The Blondie series ended when Columbia could not agree on a new licensing contract with King Features, the syndicate that owned the rights to the comic strip. Blondie had another life on radio and then briefly on television later in the 1950s.The movie series starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake as Blondie and Dagwood. After doing several radio episodes, Singleton left the show and was replaced by Alice White, Ann Rutherford, and Lake's real-life wife, Patricia van Cleve. Pamela Britton played the title character opposite Lake in the 1958 TV series. Singleton later provided the voice of Jane in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons and Jetsons: The Movie (1990).The comic strip appears in newspapers to this day, drawn by Dean Young, son of Chic Young, who drew the strip until he died in 1973.Blondie in Society (1941) airing 11/6/21 at 9:15 pmBlondie Plays Cupid (1940) airing 11/6/21 at 8:00 pmBlondie’s Blessed Event (1942) airing 11/6/21 at 10:45 pm

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The working title of this film was Blondie Goes to the Country. For additional information about the series, consult the Series Index and for Blondie!