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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
69 min. (Feature Film)
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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