Beware of Blondie
{{short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Beware of Blondie
| image = 1951 - Allen Theater Ad - 26 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg
| caption = Newspaper advertisement
| director = Edward Bernds
| producer = Milton Feldman
| story = Jack Henley
| screenplay = Jack Henley
| based_on = {{based on|comic strip Blondie|Chic Young}}
| starring = Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Marjorie Ann Mutchie
| music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff
John Leipold
| cinematography = Vincent J. Farrar
Henry Freulich
| editing = Richard Fantl
| studio = King Features Syndicate
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1950|04|13}}{{dubious|date=January 2023}}
| runtime = 64 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Beware of Blondie is a 1950 American black and white comedy film and is the last of Columbia's 28 Blondie films in 12 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/beware-of-blondie-v84885|title = Beware of Blondie (1950) - Edward Bernds | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}
Plot summary
Mr. Dithers goes on vacation, and leaves Dagwood in charge of the office. He arrives exhausted, having worked late on his tax return and being awakened by garbage collectors. Dagwood is recognized the next day taking an attractive female business client to lunch at a French restaurant. Blondie learns of this, is jealous, and insists that Dagwood start eating only from a lunchbox. However, remembering Mr. Dithers' insistence that he land the business contract, Dagwood takes the client out a second time, and follows her to her apartment afterward where she tries to seduce him. Blondie finally exposes the woman as a dangerous swindler.
Cast
- Penny Singleton as Blondie
- Arthur Lake as Dagwood
- Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling
- Marjorie Ann Mutchie as Cookie
- Daisy as Daisy the Dog
- Adele Jergens as Toby Clifton
- Dick Wessel as Policeman
- Jack Rice as Ollie Shaw
- Alyn Lockwood as Mary
- Emory Parnell as Herb WoodleyDespite being regular characters in the comic strip, this is the only Blondie film in which the Bumsteads' neighbors, the Woodleys, appear.
- Isabel Withers as Harriet Woodley
- Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle
- Douglas Fowley as Adolph
- William E. Green as Samuel P. Dutton
- Edward Earle as Mr. J.C. Dithers (uncredited)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0042243|Beware of Blondie}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=68547}}
- {{AFI film|id=26222|title=Beware of Blondie}}
{{Blondie film series}}
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Blondie (film series) films
Category:Films based on comic strips
Category:Films based on American comics
Category:Live-action films based on comics
Category:American comedy films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Edward Bernds
Category:Films scored by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
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