Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 film by Frank R. Strayer
- July 20, 1939 (1939-07-20) (US)
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Blondie Takes a Vacation is a 1939 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms. The film is based on Chic Young's comic strip of the same name.
This was the third of 28 films based on the comic strip; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943.
Plot
The Bumsteads finally take a vacation at a mountain lake, but discover the failing hotel is about to be foreclosed on for lack of business, and its utilities cut off. Dagwood generously pitches in with schemes to help the elderly and bewildered proprietors attract more business.
Cast
- Penny Singleton as Blondie
- Arthur Lake as Dagwood
- Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling
- Daisy as Daisy the Dog
- Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle
- Donald Meek as Jonathan N. Gillis
- Donald MacBride as Harvey Morton
- Thomas W. Ross as Matthew Dickerson
- Elizabeth Dunn as Mrs. Emily Dickerson
- Robert Wilcox as John Larkin
- Harlan Briggs as Mr. Holden
- Irving Bacon as Letter Carrier
- Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Weaver
- Wade Boteler as Engineer
- Harry Harvey Sr. as Poker Player
- Arthur Housman as Tipsy Train Traveler
- Milton Kibbee as Grocery Creditor
- Christine McIntyre as Resort Singer-'Love in Bloom'
- Robert McKenzie as Plumbing Creditor
- Dave Willock as Hotel Desk Clerk
Production
Production for the film took place in May 1939 to June 1939.[1]
References
- ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland Publishing. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0786433537. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
External links
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Films directed by Frank R. Strayer
- An Enemy of Men (1925)
- The Fate of a Flirt (1925)
- The Lure of the Wild (1925)
- Steppin' Out (1925)
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926)
- When the Wife's Away (1926)
- Pleasure Before Business (1927)
- The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
- Now We're in the Air (1927)
- Rough House Rosie (1927)
- Just Married (1928)
- Moran of the Marines (1928)
- Partners in Crime (1928)
- Acquitted (1929)
- The Fall of Eve (1929)
- Borrowed Wives (1930)
- Let's Go Places (1930)
- Anybody's Blonde (1931)
- Caught Cheating (1931)
- Dragnet Patrol (1931)
- Soul of the Slums (1931)
- Murder at Midnight (1931)
- The Monster Walks (1932)
- Dynamite Denny (1932)
- Manhattan Tower (1932)
- The Crusader (1932)
- Tangled Destinies (1932)
- Gorilla Ship (1932)
- Love in High Gear (1932)
- Behind Stone Walls (1932)
- Forbidden Melody (1933)
- El rey de los gitanos (1933)
- The Vampire Bat (1933)
- In the Money (1933)
- By Appointment Only (1933)
- Dance Girl Dance (1933)
- Las fronteras del amor (1934)
- La cruz y la espada (1934)
- Fugitive Road (1934)
- In Love with Life (1934)
- The Ghost Walks (1934)
- Cross Streets (1934)
- Fifteen Wives (1934)
- Port of Lost Dreams (1934)
- One in a Million (1934)
- Twin Husbands (1934)
- Condemned to Live (1935)
- Public Opinion (1935)
- Death from a Distance (1935)
- Symphony of Living (1935)
- Society Fever (1935)
- Sea Spoilers (1936)
- Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936)
- Laughing at Trouble (1936)
- Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
- The Jones Family in Big Business (1937)
- Off to the Races (1937)
- Borrowing Trouble (1937)
- Hot Water (1937)
- Blondie! (1938)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
- Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
- Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
- Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
- Blondie on a Budget (1940)
- Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
- Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
- Blondie in Society (1941)
- Go West, Young Lady (1941)
- Blondie for Victory (1942)
- Blondie Goes to College (1942)
- Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
- Daring Young Man (1942)
- Footlight Glamour (1943)
- It's a Great Life (1943)
- Mama Loves Papa (1945)
- Senorita from the West (1945)
- I Ring Doorbells (1946)
- Messenger of Peace (1947)
- Reaching from Heaven (1948)
- The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
- The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
- Venture of Faith (1951)
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