Blondie, Vols. 1 and 2
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Actor: Arthur Lake, Penny SingletonBrand: Echo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 720 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Blondie, Vols. 1 and 2
Movie Review: Cartoon character "Blondie" comes to life in this adorable classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who is a fan of the comic strip Blondie would love to watch this movie; starring Penny Singleton in the title role, and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead. This is directed by Frank Strayer, and the screenplay was written by the creator of comic strip Chic Young in collaboration with Richard Flournoy. A total of 28 films were produced from 1938 to 1950, with the two leading characters and their young son named Alexander "Baby Dumpling" Bumstead (Larry Sims). This DVD set has 10 movies on two discs; Blondie (1938); Blondie Meets the Boss (1939); Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Blondie Goes Latin (1941); Blondie in Society (1941); and Blondie Goes to College (1942). The series regulars also include; Daisy, the dog, Jonathan Hale as Mr. Dithers, Danny Mummert as next door boy genius, Alvin Fuddle; and Irving Bacon as the postman.
"Blondie" is the series opener in which Blondie plans a surprise anniversary party with new living room furniture as a gift to Dagwood, while Dagwood goes to meet the firm's client at his hotel. In the motel he meets a janitor named Clarence "CP" Percival (Gene Lockhart) and his daughter Elsie (Ann Doran), and ends up fixing his vacuum cleaner, and forgetting the reason of his visit. Soon Blondie finds out about this and suspects he is having an affair. Blondie, in the company of her mother Mrs. Miller (Kathleen Lockhart) and sister Dot (Dorothy Moore) gets Dagwood do some real convincing about their suspicion. As seen on the comic strip, Dithers fires Dagwood in this episode and many more times in later episodes of the series.
In "Blondie Meets the Boss" when Bumsteads are looking for their much anticipated vacation, Dithers informs Dagwood that he is needed at the office until Dithers settles a construction deal in Washington D,C. Dagwood upset over the plan resigns, and Blondie finds herself hired to take Dagwood's place. Meanwhile Blondie's visiting sister, Dot (Dorothy Moore) and her boyfriend Freddie (Joel Dean) are in town participate in upcoming dance contest. The spoofs include; Blondie suspecting Dagwood of his infidelity after seeing a picture of him with a female singer of a club, and he ends up dancing with Dot in the contest. Both Blondie and Dagwood, unknowingly screw up Dithers business deal, which eventually turns out be beneficial to the company.
In "Blondie takes a vacation," the Bumsteads get into trouble on the train with a passenger named Harvey Morton (Donald MacBride) who gets irritated by barking Daisy. Upon their arrival at their vacation motel, Blondie and Dagwood are refused accommodations by the manager, who is none other than Mr. Morton. They find another motel run by an elderly couple who are in the middle of a fiscal crisis. When Bumsteads comes to know that Morton is behind this problem, they offer to help with Dagwood as the manager, Blondie as the hostess, and Baby Dumpling with the dirty dishes.
In "Blondie brings up baby," Dagwood gets fired after bungling a business deal. Baby Dumpling is enrolled in school, which makes Blondie restless with her son away from home. In the meanwhile Daisy is caught by dog catchers and sent to the pound where she is adopted by a wealthy family living at an Estate. Then Baby Dumpling skips school and goes looking for Daisy, and worried Bumsteads call police thinking that their son is lost. Meanwhile the estate reports to the police that their wheel chair bound daughter has been kidnapped. While Dagwood is around the estate looking for Baby Dumpling, the family estate calls police thinking he is the kidnapper, and he ends up in jail. Blondie confused with situation thinks that Dagwood is missing too.
"Blondie on Budget" is an episode in which Rita Hayworth stars as Joan Forrester who has some business with Dagwood. While on their way, her car breakdown and Dagwood spend the afternoon at the movies until the car is repaired. While at the theater, Dagwood enters a raffle, which he wins, and he decides to surprise Blondie with a fur coat she wanted to buy. Blondie sees Joan with Dagwood at the department store and misunderstands situation. She packs up her belongings, leaves a "Dear John" letter for Dagwood, and takes Baby Dumpling with her to file for a divorce. The spoofs of the show include a hilarious phone conversation between Marvin Williams (Don Beddoe), the next door neighbor impersonating as Dagwood, with Blondie, when she is under the impression that Dagwood is fishing at a lake with Marvin.
In "Blondie has Servant trouble," Bumsteads offer to spend a weekend in a haunted house to prove to one of Dither's clients that the haunting is false. This show is appropriate for Halloween time as there are spooky instances. On the rainy night Dagwood greet a couple, Eric and Hannah Vaughn (Arthur Hohl and Esther Dale), a middle-aged couple whom the Bumsteads believe are servants. Strange things start to happen after the servants start working at the house. Clothing in the closet disappears, and Dagwood getting a flashlight stuck in his mouth when it is dark, Daisy gets shivers in due to fright. In addition to this, Bumsteads have to deal with a black man named Horatio (Ray Turner) who is staying at the house to get initiated into a club, also disappears in the night mysteriously, and reappears again. This is not only spooky but a lot of fun to watch.
"Blondie Plays Cupid" is a hilarious episode, when the Bumsteads take a family break for the July 4 weekend to spend time with Blondie's aunt Hannah (Leona Roberts) and uncle Abner (Spencer Charters) at their farm. Dagwood nearly misses the train while the Bumsteads end up on the express train to Kingsley which is 72 miles from their destination. As the Bumsteads walk in the middle of nowhere; they are soon picked up by an eloping couple, Charlie Collins and Millie Tucker (Glenn Ford and Luana Walters), who are on their way to get married. Later when marriage ceremony is interrupted by the bride's father (Will Wright) with a shotgun, Blondie hatches a plan to get the two lovers back together again. When Dagwood climbs a ladder to get Millie from her room, he enters the wrong window and comes face to face with the old man and his shotgun!
In "Blondie Goes Latin," Mr. Dithers takes Bumsteads on a cruise trip to South America. Before their departure a business call keeps Dagwood behind to attend an important meeting. As luck would have it, Dagwood could not leave the ship in time, and instead he ends up as a member of the ship's music band. He masquerades in a drag dress as a lady drummer and entertains the passengers of the ship, and misadventures follow wherever Dagwood goes. Penny Singleton sings three songs in this movie.
In "Blondie in society," Dagwood buys himself a Great Dane to cover a $50 debt, and Blondie enters him in a dog show. To everyone's surprise the dog wins the contest and previous owner wants the dog back which results in a big fight between Bumsteads and prior owner. Penny Singleton sings two songs in this episode. Daisy and Chin-up (Great Dane) provide entertainment doing some doggie tricks.
In "Blondie Goes to College," both Dagwood and Blondie enroll as students in a local college leaving Baby Dumpling at a military school. While at the college, they pose as unmarried friends; thus Blondie becomes a love interest of the college football hero, Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks), and Dagwood is romanced by pretty co-ed Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair). The situation is perfect for another great screwball slapstick, which also casts two other well known actors; Lloyd Bridges as one of the students, named Ben Dixon; and Adele Mara as Babs.
This DVD set with 10 movies is a steal for what it is priced at, and the amount of fun and entertainment you get to enjoy; highly recommended to all fans.
Summary of Blondie, Vols. 1 and 2
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