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Blondie Brings Up Baby
Blondie Brings Up Baby
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Blondie Brings Up Baby

1939
1h 12m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1939

Runtime

1h 12m

Storyline

"Baby Goes To School... And You Go Into Stitches!"

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 12m
Nov 8, 1939
Languages
English
Director
Frank R. Strayer
Frank R. Strayer
Production
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

39 Cast Members

Penny Singleton

Penny Singleton

Blondie Bumstead

Arthur Lake

Arthur Lake

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Larry Simms

Larry Simms

Alexander " Baby " Bumstead

Daisy

Daisy

Danny Mummert

Alvin Fuddle

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

J.C. Dithers

Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass

Abner Cartwright

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

Encyclopedia Salesman

Fay Helm

Fay Helm

Mrs. Fuddle

Peggy Ann Garner

Peggy Ann Garner

Melinda Mason

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Mr. Mason

Grace Stafford

Grace Stafford

Miss White

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Miss Ferguson

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Mailman

Eugene Anderson Jr

Paperboy (uncredited)

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Willie Best

Willie Best

Hotel Janitor (uncredited)

Stanley Brown

Stanley Brown

Dithers' Employee Reading Note (uncredited)

Mary Jane Carey

Mary (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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