Footlight Glamour (1943)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Frank R. Strayer

Writers:

Karen DeWolf (writer)
Connie Lee (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

DAGWOOD IN TROUBLE AGAIN! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

Rich tool manufacturer hires Dagwood for a new plant, but Blondie upsets things when she casts the rich man's daughter in a play. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Comic | Sequel

Cast

Penny Singleton	...	Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake	...	Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms	...	Alexander Bumstead
Ann Savage	...	Vicki Wheeler
Jonathan Hale	...	J.C. Dithers
Irving Bacon	...	Mr. Crum
Marjorie Ann Mutchie	...	Cookie Bumstead
Danny Mummert	...	Alvin Fuddle
Daisy	...	Daisy

Runtime:

68 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 Sound System)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

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

Quotes:

[Dagwood is on stage when a dove flies out of his rented costume]
Alexander: Where did that come from?
Alvin: I don't know. But, someone was sure to give him the bird.

Movie Connections:

Follows Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Nothing depressing about this non-depression era "Blondie" entry.

A little bit of Arthur Lake (as Dagwood or anybody else) is more than enough, and usually too much, but this entry, set in mid-WW II,ranks as one of the best in the series, especially in the segments involving the stage play, and more so when Jonathan Withers and Thurston Hall stroll across the stage totally unaware a live play is being presented.