After a nearly two-year layoff, Columbia revived its moneymaking "Blondie" series with 1945's Leave It to Blondie. Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead (Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake) enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a plan to cover charity checks that they've signed separately but can't cover. Along the way, Blondie's blood boils when Dagwood gets innocently mixed up with beautiful music teacher Rita Rogers (Marjorie Weaver). The best scenes involve Dagwood's misguided efforts to cure a cold, leading to several motheaten but still reliable slapstick setpieces. Leave it to Blondie proved that the series hadn't lost its humor as Dagwood is arrested for murder, obliging our heroine to solve the case herself. Former bandleader Kirby Grant registers well as the nominal hero, while Milburn Stone scores as an imitation Walter Winchell (named "Winchester", no less!)
Credits
Leave It to Blondie Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Chick Chandler
He was 40, 83 years old when he died
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as Eddie Baxter |
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Larry Simms
He was 10, 74 years old when he died
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as Alexander Bumstead |
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Penny Singleton
She was 36, 95 years old when she died
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as Blondie Bumstead |
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Daisy
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as Daisy |
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Jonathan Hale
He was 53, 74 years old when he died
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as J.C. Dithers |
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Eula Morgan
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as Mrs. Laura Meredith |
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Arthur Space
He was 36, 74 years old when he died
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as Mr. Fuddle |
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Marjorie Ann Mutchie
She was 5, now 84 years old
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as Cookie Bumstead |
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Eddie Acuff
He was 41, 53 years old when he died
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as Mailman |
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Marjorie Weaver
She was 31, 81 years old when she died
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as Rita Rogers |
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Arthur Lake
He was 39, 81 years old when he died
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as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead |
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Danny Mummert
He was 11, now 90 years old
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as Alvin Fuddle |
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Fred Graff
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as Henry |
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Jack Rice
He was 51, 75 years old when he died
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as Ollie Shaw |
Leave It to Blondie Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Franz Planer as Director of Photography. He was 50 (68) years old when He died
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Camera |
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George Duning as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (92) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Mischa Bakaleinikoff as Original Music Composer. He was 54 (69) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Ben Oakland as Original Music Composer. He was 35 (69) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Jerome Pycha, Jr. as Art Direction. |
Art |
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Chic Young as Characters. He was 44 (71) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Connie Lee as Screenplay. She was 27 (now 106) years old
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Writing |
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Abby Berlin as Director. She was 37 (58) years old when She died
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Directing |
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Burt Kelly as Producer. He was 46 (84) years old when He died
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Production |
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Fay Babcock as Set Decoration. She was 49 (74) years old when She died
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Art |
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Saul Chaplin as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (85) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Perry Smith as Art Direction. He was 16 (36) years old when He died
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Art |
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Al Clark as Editor. He was 42 (68) years old when He died
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Editing |
