Fine Art of Boxing, The (No Stooge in the Ring)
A pleasant Sunday visit to the Bumsteads' new neighbor goes wrong when Dagwood (Arthur Lake) accidentally wrecks Mr. Conroy's car and garage. Conroy wastes no time filing a lawsuit against Dagwood, and hiring a near-sighted process server (Shemp Howard) to serve a subpoena.
Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) learns that the man he just had an argument with is actually Charles Peabody (Jerome Cowan), a prospective client whose construction contract will save Dithers' failing company. So Mr. Dithers and Dagwood change places, with Dagwood aka "J. C. Dithers" entertaining Peabody at a local nightclub, to Blondie's (Penny Singleton) displeasure. Meanwhile, the process server continues to close in on Dagwood, which threatens to expose the identity switch.
Based on the comic strip characters created by Chic Young. The "Blondie" movie series was very popular and a financial success for Columbia, 28 films from 1938 - 1950. This was Ed Bernds' first "Blondie" credit, and he went on to both write and direct several more series installments over the following 4 years.

Penny Singleton
Blondie Bumstead

Arthur Lake
Dagwood Bumstead

Larry Simms
Alexander Bumstead

Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Cookie Bumstead

Jonathan Hale
J. C. Dithers

Danny Mummert
Alvin Fuddle

Jack Rice
Ollie Shaw

Jerome Cowan
Charles Peabody

Shemp Howard
Jim Gray

Steven Geray
Dr. Schmidt

Ludwig Donath
Dr. Titus

Arthur Loft
Mr. Conroy

Edwin Cooper
David Armstrong

Kay Mallory
Ruth Evans

Carol Hughes
Gloria Evans

Alyn Lockwood
Mary

Gino Corrado
Hi-Ho Club headwaiter

Betty Alexander
Hi-Ho Club hat check girl

Bess Flowers
Woman at Hi-Ho Club

Harold Miller
Hi-Ho Club customer

Ralph Sanford
Policeman

Jean Willes
Nurse

Coulter Irwin
Intern

Larry Steers
Man on street

Fred F. Sears
Park bench masher

Burt Kelly
Producer

Abby Berlin
Director

Edward Bernds
Story and Screenplay

Al Martin
Screenplay

Philip Tannura
Director of Photography

Charles Lawton Jr.
Assistant Photographer

Aaron Stell
Film Editor

Perry Smith
Art Director

Jerome Pycha, Jr.
Associate Art Director

James M. Crowe
Set Decoration

Jack Haynes
Sound Engineer

J. S. Westmoreland
Sound Mixer

P. J. Faulkner
Sound Mixer

Mischa K. Bakaleinikoff
Musical Director

Alexander Steinert
Original Music

John Leipold
Music

George Duning
Music

Allan Roberts
Lyrics

Seymour Friedman
Assistant Director

Victor Scheurich
Assistant Cameraman

Chic Young
Creator
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