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Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

APPROVED 68 min  -  Comedy  -   8 November 1939 (USA)
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A salesman convinces Blondie that Baby Dumpling is a budding genius, so the Bumsteads enroll him in a special school from which he disappears.

Director:

Frank R. Strayer

Writers:

Robert Chapin (story), Karen DeWolf (story), and 4 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Penny Singleton Penny Singleton ...
Arthur Lake Arthur Lake ...
Larry Simms Larry Simms ...
Daisy Daisy ...
Daisy
Danny Mummert Danny Mummert ...
Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale ...
Robert Middlemass Robert Middlemass ...
Abner Cartwright
Olin Howland Olin Howland ...
Encyclopedia Salesman
Fay Helm Fay Helm ...
Peggy Ann Garner Peggy Ann Garner ...
Melinda Mason
Roy Gordon Roy Gordon ...
Mr. Mason
Grace Stafford Grace Stafford ...
Miss White
Helen Jerome Eddy Helen Jerome Eddy ...
Miss Ferguson, school principal
Irving Bacon Irving Bacon ...
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Hayden Harry Hayden ...
Elderly Man (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

A book salesman sells Blondie Bumstead a set of books on child training because he has convinced her that Baby Dumplin is a child prodigy. Meanwhile, J.C. Dithers, boss of Blondie's husband, Dagwood Bumstead, rips Dagwood for altering the plans on an apartment building the construction firm is building for Abner Cartwright and, to keep his job, Dagwood must get Cartwright to sign off on the changes - the latter refuses in order to escape from an unfavorable contract. Baby Dumpling, the genius, is registered at school and Daisy, accompanying him, is picked up by the dog-catcher on the way back home and taken to the pound. Daisy is adopted by Melinda Mason, the crippled daughter of one of the town's wealthiest men. Baby Dumpling looks everywhere and can not find Daisy, and plays hooky from school the next day. Immediately, Blondie and Dagwood suspect kidnapping, and Dagwood learns that Melinda... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Salesman | Dog | Boss | Police | Governess  | See more »

Taglines:

Baby Goes To School... And You Go Into Stitches!

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Blondie Educa o Filho See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (original US 16 mm television syndication prints)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The fourth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead. See more »

Connections

Followed by Leave It to Blondie (1945) See more »

Soundtracks

"Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)"
Written by Frederick Oakeley and John Francis Wade
Played as background music when Peggy Ann Garner walks See more »