Blondie Knows Best

Blondie Knows Best

69 mins | Comedy | Oct. 17, 1946

Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) poses as his boss Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray (Shemp Howard). The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie (Penny Singleton) to come to the rescue. Number 18 in the long running Blondie series. Blondie Knows Best was writer/director Edward Bernds' first entry in the long-running "Blondie" series, and arguably his funniest. Bernds was a big fan of comedian Shemp Howard (whom he'd directed in several Columbia 2-reelers) and accordingly he gives Shemp free reign in his scenes, resulting in some hystericially funny moments. Blondie Knows Best represented Jonathan Hale's farewell to the series; in the next entry, Blondie's Big Moment, he would be replaced by Jerome Cowan as Mr. Radcliffe

Blondie Knows Best

69 mins | Comedy | Oct. 17, 1946

Blondie Knows Best
Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) poses as his boss Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray (Shemp Howard). The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie (Penny Singleton) to come to the rescue. Number 18 in the long running Blondie series. Blondie Knows Best was writer/director Edward Bernds' first entry in the long-running "Blondie" series, and arguably his funniest. Bernds was a big fan of comedian Shemp Howard (whom he'd directed in several Columbia 2-reelers) and accordingly he gives Shemp free reign in his scenes, resulting in some hystericially funny moments. Blondie Knows Best represented Jonathan Hale's farewell to the series; in the next entry, Blondie's Big Moment, he would be replaced by Jerome Cowan as Mr. Radcliffe
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Blondie Knows Best
Directors Abby Berlin
Writers Al Martin, Edward Bernds, Chic Young

Cast

Penny Singleton

as Blondie Bumstead

Arthur Lake

as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Larry Simms

as Alexander Bumstead

Marjorie Ann Mutchie

as Cookie Bumstead

Daisy

as Daisy

Steven Geray

as Dr. Schmidt

Jonathan Hale

as J.C. Dithers

Shemp Howard

as Jim Gray

Jerome Cowan

as Charles Peabody

Danny Mummert

as Alvin Fuddle

Ludwig Donath

as Dr. Titus

Arthur Loft

as Mr. Conroy

Bess Flowers

as Patron at Hi-Ho Club (uncredited)

Alyn Lockwood

as Mary, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Ollie Shaw (uncredited)

Fred F. Sears

as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)