Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

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Columbia's new "Blondie" series continued its winning streak with its fourth entry, Blondie Brings Up Baby. So much happens within the film's 67 minutes that it's best to boil things down to the central storyline. Baby Dumpling (Larry Simms), the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead… More Columbia's new "Blondie" series continued its winning streak with its fourth entry, Blondie Brings Up Baby. So much happens within the film's 67 minutes that it's best to boil things down to the central storyline. Baby Dumpling (Larry Simms), the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead (Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake) disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason (Peggy Ann Garner), who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months. Other plot threads include Dagwood's disastrous confrontation with an important business client (Robert Middlemass), and Daisy the Dog's ongoing battle of wits with the local dog-catcher. Like many of the "Blondie" films, Blondie Brings Up Baby serves as a showcase for young talent on the way up: Robert Sterling is seen as one of Dagwood's office buddies, while Bruce Bennett plays a uniformed chauffeur. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 7 min.
Directed By: Frank R. Strayer
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 8, 1939 Wide
On DVD: Dec 21, 1999

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Cast

            Penny Singleton as Blondie

            Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead

            Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling

            Danny Mummert as Alvin

            Jonathan Hale as J.C. Dithers

            Robert Middlemass as Abner Cartwright

            Olin Howland as Book Agent

            Fay Helm as Mrs. Fuddle

            Peggy Ann Garner as Melinda Mason

            Roy Gordon as Mason

            Grace Stafford as Miss White

            Helen Jerome Eddy as School Principal

            Irving Bacon as Mailman

            Bruce Bennett as Chauffeur

            Daisy the Dog as Himself

            Robert Sterling as Salesman

            Ian Wolfe as Judge

            Gene Lockhart as C.P. Hazlip

            Ann Doran as Elsie Hazlip

            Gordon Oliver as Chester Franey

            Stanley Andrews as Mr. Hicks

            Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Miller

            Dorothy Moore as Dorothy

            Richard Fiske as Nelson

            Willie Best as Porter
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