Blondie on a Budget (1940)
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This is the celebrated Blondie episode that costars Rita Hayworth, who in 1940 was still just another Columbia contract actress. Hayworth plays an old flame of Dagwood Bumstead's (Arthur Lake), who moves into the Bumstead household when wife Blondie (Penny Singleton) advertises for a boarder. Blondie (Penny Singleton) tries to be civil when she meets Rita, but her true feelings are manifested in a superimposed montage of explosions and gunshots. Innocently caught in a compromising position with Hayworth at a local movie house, Dagwood is shown the door by the heartbroken Blondie. All misunderstandings are swept away by fadeout time in this fifth installment in Columbia's Blondie series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead
- Larry Simms - Baby Dumpling
- Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
- John Qualen - Mr. Fuddle
- Irving Bacon - Mailman
- William Brisbane - Theatre Manager
- Chester Clute - Ticket Agent
- Claire James - Usherette
- Janet Shaw - Usherette
- Rita Owin - Saleslady
- Mary Currier - Saleslady
- Daisy the Dog
- Jack Egan - Elevator Man
- Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
- Rita Hayworth - Joan Forrester
- Don Beddoe - Marvin Williams
- Fay Helm - Mrs. Fuddle
- Thurston Hall - Brice
- Willie Best - Black Boy
- Emory Parnell - Dempsey
- George Guhl - Platt
- Ralph Peters - Bartender
- Gene Morgan - Man
- Dick Curtis - Mechanic
- Hal K. Dawson - Bank Teller
- Director(s):
- Frank Strayer
- Writer(s):
- Richard Flournoy
- Producer(s):
- Robert Sparks
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