Blondie Knows Best (1946)


Blondie Knows Best Poster
1h 9min | Comedy | Oct 17, 1946 | Released

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

Director: Abby Berlin

Producer: Burt Kelly

Writer(s): Edward Bernds Al Martin

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Cast (12 Members)


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Jonathan Hale

J.C. Dithers

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Shemp Howard

Jim Gray

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Jerome Cowan

Charles Peabody

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Larry Simms

Alexander Bumstead

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Steven Geray

Dr. Schmidt

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Penny Singleton

Blondie Bumstead

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Arthur Lake

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

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Daisy

Daisy

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Marjorie Ann Mutchie

Cookie Bumstead

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Arthur Loft

Mr. Conroy

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Ludwig Donath

Dr. Titus

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Bess Flowers

Patron at Hi-Ho Club

Profile Jonathan Hale J.C. Dithers
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Aaron Stell

Editor

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Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

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Chic Young

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Jerome Pycha Jr.

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Philip Tannura

Director of Photography

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Abby Berlin

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Burt Kelly

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Perry Smith

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Edward Bernds

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Alexander Steinert

Original Music Composer

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Al Martin

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