Blondie Has Servant Trouble
No one can hold a candle to them...when it comes to uproarious...wholesome fun!
1940 | 72m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Frank R. Strayer |
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| Writer: | Albert Duffy, Richard Flournoy |
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| Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 25, 1940 |
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| Director: | Frank R. Strayer |
| Writer: | Albert Duffy, Richard Flournoy |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | blondie |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Penny Singleton | Blondie Bumstead |
| Arthur Lake | Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead |
| Larry Simms | Baby Dumpling |
| Daisy | Daisy |
| Danny Mummert | Alvin Fuddle |
| Jonathan Hale | J.C. Dithers |
| Arthur Hohl | Eric Vaughn |
| Esther Dale | Anna Vaughn |
| Irving Bacon | Mailman |
| Ray Turner | Horatio Jones |
| Walter Soderling | Morgan |
| Fay Helm | Mrs. Fuddle |
| Murray Alper | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Eugene Anderson Jr | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Mary Jane Carey | Mary - Dithers' Secretary (uncredited) |
| Tommy Dixon | Saunders - Dithers' Employee (uncredited) |
| Dick Durrell | Kirk - Dithers' Employee (uncredited) |
| Eddie Laughton | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Frank Melton | Ollie - Dithers' Employee (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | Police Commissioner (uncredited) |
| David Newell | Nelson - Dithers' Employee (uncredited) |
| Arthur Ritchie | Dr. Nolan (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank R. Strayer | Director |
| Albert Duffy | Screenplay |
| Chic Young | Characters |
| Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Gene Havlick | Editor |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Jerome Pycha Jr. | Art Direction |
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Richard Flournoy | Screenplay |
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Morris Stoloff | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Sparks | Producer |
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9.0
Weird seeing probably the most bizarre of the Blondie films I've seen thus far (I only have the first 10 of the 28 films that were made from 1938-1950), as the Bumstead family are tricked by Dagwood's boss, Mr. Dithers, into staying at a mansion rumoured to be haunted. Still enjoyable fun, that's sh ... ort and sweet and doesn't outstay its welcome.
Jun 23, 2021