Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)

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

Director:

Frank R. Strayer

Writers:

Richard Flournoy (screen play), Kay Van Riper (story),

Stars:

Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Penny Singleton	...	Blondie
Arthur Lake	...	Dagwood
Larry Simms	...	Baby Dumpling
Jonathan Hale	...	Dithers
Danny Mummert	...	Alvin
Daisy	...	Daisy
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 and His Orchestra	...	Skinnay Ennis Band
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Skinnay Ennis	...	Bandleader

Storyline

Dagwood Bumstead quits his job when his long-awaited vacation is postponed. Blondie asks J.C. Dithers to give Dagwood his job back, and Dithers agrees but on the condition that Blondie take charge of the office while he is in Washington closing a deal. Dagwood, left to tend the house while Blondie goes to work, succumbs to a neighbor's suggestion to go fishing and leaves Baby Dumpling in care of Blondie's sister, Dot, in town for a jitterbug contest. While fishing, Dagwood meets two entertainers from the Garden Cafe and when one of them, Francine, almost overturns the boat, Dagwood grabs to save her, and the "glutch" is photographed. Blondie has the film from Dagwood's camera developed, and Dithers wires her to buy some land owned by the Garden Club proprietor before he learns that it has been approved as the site of the new airport. Enroute, she picks up the developed film. Dagwood has wandered off to play pool, and Dot and her boy friend, Freddie, take Baby Dumpling with them to the...

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Plot Keywords:

fishing | contest | jitterbug | cafe | camera | 

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Taglines:

RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THEIR FIRST HEART-WARMING SUCCESS...in the second of this grand series of family life comedies...based on CHIC YOUNG'S famous comic strip! (original poster_

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 March 1939 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blondie & Cª

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

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

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Connections

Followed by Bundle of Trouble (1947)

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Soundtracks

"That Week in Paris"
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

User Reviews

To Pack or Not to Pack

Dagwood resigns from the Dithers Construction company when Dithers wants him to postpone his long awaited vacation to close a business deal. Blondie goes to Mr. Dithers to get Dagwood his job back, but he gives her Dagwood's job thinking it would be a good joke to play on Dagwood, who is now taking Blondie's role of housekeeper. Fustrated, Dagwood goes fishing with his neighbor Marvin Williams, who really goes out to escape his nagging wife and meet girls. One of these girls, Francine Rogers, falls for Dagwood, but he darts back for home. The next day Blondie finds a camera belonging to Francine (which has an uncompromising, but innocent photo of Dagwood and Francine) and decides to have the pictures developed, but first has to close a deal with Philpot (a nightclub owner) where Blondie's sister Dot is in a jitterbug contest with Freddie Turner, and Francine works as a singer, who Dagwood has come to explain the loss of her camera. The fireworks fly (literaly). One of the best entries in the series with slapstick galore (Dagwood's jitterbugging, Daisy "dancing", etc.) and overall brilliance from every angle. The script is able to seamlessly combine all the different stories for the various characters and have them come together at the end. Simms has plenty of smart one liners which are said expertly by the four year old. Rating, 10.