Directed by:
Frank R. StrayerScreenplay:
Richard FlournoyCinematography:
Henry FreulichComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Ann Doran, Gene Lockhart, Jonathan Hale, Gordon Oliver, Willie Best, Ian Wolfe, Bud Jamison, Irving Bacon, Emory Parnell (more)Plots(1)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family. Camping on the porch of the Poor House would become the most-used prevalent plot line in the 27 series-films that followed. It was also an issue in the comic-strip for about a year after its inception when it was basically a continuity strip but, aside from Dagwood's inability to coax a pay-raise from Mr. Dithers over the years, the financial status of the family was seldom an issue when the format switched to a gag-a-day strip. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Penny Singleton
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Best Man (1964)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Arthur Lake
USA
Best movies:
Topper (1937)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
Gene Lockhart
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Madame Curie (1943)
Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Gordon Oliver
USA
Best movies:
Jezebel (1938)
Since You Went Away (1944)
San Quentin (1937)
Willie Best
USA
Best movies:
Feet First (1930)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Love Crazy (1941)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Bud Jamison
USA
Best movies:
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Come and Get It (1936)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Stanley Andrews
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Larry Steers
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Dick Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
King Kong (1933)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Hal K. Dawson
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Fay Helm
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
San Francisco (1936)
Dark Victory (1939)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)