Blondie’s Lucky Day (1946) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
In Blondie’s Lucky Day, Dagwood is fired — again, by the crusty J. C. Dithers. So he goes into competition with his ex-boss. Dagwood’s new partner is a beautiful lady architect. Dagwood fears that Blondie will be jealous, but she falls in love with the son of Mr. Dithers’ biggest client.
Cast
- Penny Singleton (Blondie in the Dough) … Blondie
- Arthur Lake (Blondie’s Hero) … Dagwood
- Larry Simms (Blondie: Footlight Glamour) … Alexander
- Marjorie Ann Mutchie (Blondie’s Big Moment) … Cookie (as Marjorie Kent)
- Daisy (Life with Blondie) … Daisy
- Bob Haymes (Mr. Winkle Goes to War)… Jonathan Butler Jr. (as Robert Stanton)
- Angelyn Orr … Sgt. Betty Jane McDermott
- Jonathan Hale (Blondie for Victory) … J.C. Dithers
- Frank Jenks (His Girl Friday) … Mailman
- Paul Harvey (Easy to Wed) … Jonathan Butler, Sr.
- Charles Arnt (My Favorite Brunette) … Mayor Richard Denby
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Dagwood is fired. So he decides to do the only thing he can do, go into competition with his old boss, Dithers. He starts the Bumstead Construction Co., complete with a beautiful female architect. In an attempt to land the Butler Theater account, they wine and dine young Butler junior. But all the while Dithers had the real boss, Butler senior all sewed up. Then, the elder Butler notices that a gratifying change has taken place in his son-he’s been seeing the architect in the Bumstead firm. Starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. 75 minutes, black and white.
Trivia
- The seventeenth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead.
Songs
- I Find Love
- Written by Gordon Clifford and Jack King
- Cheated Honeymoon
- Music by Friedrich Hollaender
- Who Said Dreams Don’t Come True?
- Written by Harry Akst, Benny Davis and Al Jolson
