Blondie Meets the Boss
Brief Synopsis
Blondie fills in for Dagwood at the office, so he can go on a fishing trip.
Cast & Crew
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Frank R. Strayer
Director
Penny Singleton
Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake
Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms
Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy
Himself
Danny Mummert
Alvin Fuddle
Film Details
Also Known As
Blondie Steps Out
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Mar
8,
1939
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 and owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate, Inc. (1930--).
Technical Specs
Duration
58m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
8 reels
Synopsis
When Dagwood Bumstead quits his job because his boss, Mr. Dithers cancels his vacation, Blondie decides to meet Dithers and plead for her husband's job. To teach Dagwood a lesson, Dithers offers Blondie the job, which makes Dagwood so angry that he decides to sneak away on a fishing trip with neighbor Marvin Williams. Unknown to Dagwood, Marvin has arranged a rendezvous with singers Betty Lou Wood and Francis Rogers, and when Blondie accidentally sees some photos of her husband with Francis, trouble comes to the Bumstead house. After a series of comic mixups, Dagwood is reinstated in both his boss's and wife's good graces, and normalcy returns to chez Bumstead.
Director
Frank R. Strayer
Director
Cast
Penny Singleton
Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake
Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms
Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy
Himself
Danny Mummert
Alvin Fuddle
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Dithers
Dorothy Moore
Dottie Miller
Don Beddoe
Marvin Williams
Linda Winters
Francis Rogers
Stanley Brown
Shaw
Joel Dean
Freddie Turner
Richard Fiske
Nelson
Inez Courtney
Betty Lou Wood
Joe Coffin
Freddie
Dick Durrell
Kirk
Jay Eaton
Wilson
David Newell
Sanders
Mary Jane Carey
Mary
Skinnay Ennis And His Band
Irving Bacon
Mailman #1
Ed Dearing
McGuire
William Davidson
Elderly man
Ed Gargan
Bouncer
Grady Sutton
Camera store clerk
Wallis Clark
Philpot
Walter Soderling
Morgan
Sarah Edwards
Saleswoman
George Chandler
Laundryman
Eddie Acuff
Peddler
Lew Kelly
Milkman
Cammie King
Millie
Sally Payne
Marvin's wife
Walter Sande
Mailman #2
Maurice Max
Chick
Eugene Anderson Jr.
Newsboy
Wesley Giraud
Messenger boy
Barbara Kent
Jitterbug
Roy Damron
Jitterbug
Patti Lacey
Jitterbug
Ray Hirsch
Jitterbug
James Craig
Robert Sterling
Virginia Dabney
Crew
Lionel Banks
Art Director
Tommy Flood
Assistant Director
Richard Flournoy
Story
Richard Flournoy
Screenwriter
Henry Freulich
Photography
Gene Havlick
Film Editor
Kalloch
Gowns
Eddie Larkin
Dance Director
Samuel Lerner
Composer
Ben Oakland
Composer
Robert Sparks
Associate Producer
M. W. Stoloff
Music Director
Percy Townsend
Sound Recording
Kay Van Riper
Story
Film Details
Also Known As
Blondie Steps Out
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Mar
8,
1939
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 and owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate, Inc. (1930--).
Technical Specs
Duration
58m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
8 reels
Articles
Blondie Meets the Boss
For the second of Columbia's 28 movies based on Chic Young's popular comic strip, Blondie, Dagwood's boss, J.C. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) moves into the more prominent role he would maintain for the rest of the series. This time out, Dagwood (Arthur Lake) abruptly quits his job when Mr. Dithers orders him to cancel a long-planned vacation. Blondie (Penny Singleton) tries to get his job back, only to end up in the job instead--and doing it better than he did. Lake uses his talents for physical comedy while playing house husband, sneaking out for a fishing trip and, best of all, stumbling into a jitterbug contest. In addition to his inspired mugging, the sequence also features a guest appearance by big band leader Skinnay Ennis. Also of interest are the two nightclub singers who end up tagging along on Dagwood's fishing trip (which leads to marital problems with Blondie when they're photographed in a compromising pose). Inez Courtney had been a popular musical star on Broadway in early musicals like Spring Is Here and Sunny (both 1930 films). Linda Winters had a small role in the film, and would later become better known for playing Susan Alexander Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) under the name Dorothy Comingore.
Blondie Meets the Boss
For the second of Columbia's 28 movies based on Chic Young's popular comic strip, Blondie, Dagwood's boss, J.C. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) moves into the more prominent role he would maintain for the rest of the series. This time out, Dagwood (Arthur Lake) abruptly quits his job when Mr. Dithers orders him to cancel a long-planned vacation. Blondie (Penny Singleton) tries to get his job back, only to end up in the job instead--and doing it better than he did. Lake uses his talents for physical comedy while playing house husband, sneaking out for a fishing trip and, best of all, stumbling into a jitterbug contest. In addition to his inspired mugging, the sequence also features a guest appearance by big band leader Skinnay Ennis. Also of interest are the two nightclub singers who end up tagging along on Dagwood's fishing trip (which leads to marital problems with Blondie when they're photographed in a compromising pose). Inez Courtney had been a popular musical star on Broadway in early musicals like Spring Is Here and Sunny (both 1930 films). Linda Winters had a small role in the film, and would later become better known for playing Susan Alexander Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) under the name Dorothy Comingore.
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Notes
The working title of this film was Blondie Steps Out. The film marked the first feature release of actor Robert Sterling (1917-2006), who appeared in several pictures that were shot in late 1938 and 1939. Blondie Meets the Boss was the second picture in the Blondie series. For additional information about the series, consult the Series Index and see Blondie! (above).
