Life with Blondie
Cast & Crew
Abby Berlin
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Marjorie Kent
Daisy
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Synopsis
Dagwood Bumstead, a bumbling draftsman at Dithers Construction Co., asks his boss, J. C. Dithers, for a raise, but Dithers refuses him because Dagwood has been careless in handling important housing plans for client Simon Rutledge. Dithers, who is hoping that Rutledge's $100,000 loan will save his company, reprimands Dagwood and sends him home. Dagwood returns home just as the police arrive to deal with a complaint filed by a neighbor against the Bumsteads' trouble-making dog Daisy. While the police try to resolve the dispute, a newspaper reporter, who followed the police looking for a good story, learns from a neighbor that Daisy has been voted the Navy's "Pin-Up Pooch." The following day, chaos ensues at the Bumsteads' as the reporter's ensuing story about Daisy brings the dog instant fame. While neighbors and advertisers clamor for a glimpse of the celebrity dog, Dagwood's son Alexander telephones his father at work to tell him the exciting news. Unable to hear his son clearly over the noise at home, Dagwood misunderstands Alexander and concludes that Daisy has been killed, then races home. Happy to see Daisy alive, Dagwood eagerly accepts advertiser Theodore Glassby's offer to have the dog pose for his soap advertisements. One day, two men working for gangster Blackie Leonard approach Dagwood and tell him that Blackie's girlfriend Hazel saw a picture of Daisy and wants the dog for herself. When Dagwood refuses to sell Daisy, Blackie's henchmen threaten to kill him to get the dog. As Daisy's modeling career flourishes, Dagwood becomes jealous of his dog's earnings and decides to model for Glassby himself. A short time later, the gangsters return, abduct Daisy and take her to their hideout at a nightclub. Dagwood, accompanied by a group of Navy men, arrives at the nightclub in time to defeat the gangsters in a fistfight. Daisy is returned to the Bumsteads unharmed, and Rutledge, who witnessed the amazing brawl, agrees to loan Dither the money.
Director
Abby Berlin
Cast
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Marjorie Kent
Daisy
Jonathan Hale
Ernest Truex
Marc Lawrence
Veda Ann Borg
Jack Rice
Bobby Larson
Doug Fowley
George Tyne
Edward Gargan
Francis Pierlot
Ray Walker
Carl Deloro
Regina Wallace
Josephine Whittell
Jody Gilbert
Phyllis Kennedy
Eddie Dunn
Bob Ryan
Jack Parker
Albert Ferris
Eddie Acuff
Hal K. Dawson
Lester Dorr
Doris Houck
Gloria Anderson
Joan Van Dyke
Hazel Carter
Alvina Tomin
Phyllis Russell
Bob Scott
Bob Williams
Margie Liszt
Marsha Walter
Wally Rose
Dan Kerry
Cy Shindell
Joe Palma
Jack Carry
Steve Benton
Bill Chaney
Edythe Elliott
Cecil Weston
Peggy Leon
Mary Emery
Marjorie Babe Kane
Harold Miller
Crew
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Marie Deramie
George Kelley
Joseph Kish
Connie Lee
Russell Malmgren
Hugh Mcdowell
L. W. O'connell
Robert Saunders
Perry Smith
Jerome Thoms
Frank Titus
Edwin Wetzel
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Notes
The onscreen credits May have been altered for re-release by King Features Syndicate. This film was one of many pictures in Columbia's "Blondie" series. For more information on the series, please consult the Series Index and see entry for Blondie! in AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40; F3.0391.
