Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Frank R. Strayer

Writers:

Richard Flournoy (screenplay)
Richard Flournoy (story)

Release Date:

8 March 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Blondie takes over Dagwood's job while he goes off on a fishing trip.

Plot Keywords:

Fishing | Jitterbug | Photograph | Neighbor | Sequel

Cast

Penny Singleton	...	Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake	...	Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms	...	Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy	...	Daisy Bumstead
Jonathan Hale	...	J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert	...	Alvin Fuddle
Dorothy Moore	...	Dot Miller
Don Beddoe	...	Marvin Williams
Dorothy Comingore	...	Francine Rogers (as Linda Winters)
Stanley Brown	...	Ollie Shaw
Joel Dean	...	Freddie Turner
Richard Fiske	...	Nelson
Inez Courtney	...	Betty Lou Wood
Skinnay Ennis	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra	...	Themselves

Runtime:

75 min | USA:72 min (original US 16 mm television syndication prints)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #4944)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The second of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)

Soundtrack:

YOU HAD IT COMING TO YOU

Some hilarious slapstick makes this entry worthwhile.

I have always been a fan of the Blondie comics, even to this day, but some of the movies have been duds. In this one, however, I found myself laughing uncontrollably at times, with the highlight being Dagwood's (Arthur Lake's) accidentally stumbling into a jitterbug dance contest with Dorothy Moore (playing Blondie's sister). His uncoordinated movements while slipping and trying to regain his balance was masterfully done and simply hilarious. It's easily worth the price of admission for this sequence alone.