Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Larry Simms (Baby Dumpling), Jonathan Hale (J. C. Dithers), Danny Mummert (Alvin Fuddle), William Frawley (Waldo Pincus), Chick Chandler (Cliff Peters), Irving Bacon (mailman), Garry Owen (Carpenter), Tommy Dixon (Saunders), Edgar Kennedy (Dr Glenn), Bill Goodwin (dog announcer), Grady Sutton (salesman), Almira Sessions (neighbor with broom), Cliff Barnett (Wade), Charles Lane (washing machine salesman), Robert Mitchell's Boys Choir, "Daisy" and "Chin Up".
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Karen DeWolf. Story: Eleanore Griffin. Based on the comic strip Blondie created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Lionel Banks. Costumes: Monica. Music director: Morris W. Stoloff. Producer: Robert Sparks.
Copyright 17 July 1941 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 17 July 1941. Australian release: 9 October 1941. 8 reels. 6,887 feet. 76½ minutes. U.K. release title: HENPECKED.
NOTES: Originally, this was the longest in running time of the series.
According to one source, producer Robert Sparks plays Jasper, while Frank R. Strayer can be spotted as an investigator.
The ninth of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: The ninth film in the series. This one might be called "Blondie in the Dog-House", as Karen DeWolf's screenplay is solely concerned with show dogs and not society of any strata.
If we thought Richard Flournoy's plots were thin, Miss DeWolf's are even thinner, though she has evidently made a greater study of the actual comic strips and has better captured their flavor. But what was obviously a fairly amusing script in the reading is less so in the seeing.
Director Frank R. Strayer's control is loose. Film editing, partly the result of a longer running time than usual, can best be described as flabby.
Fortunately, all the players turn in capable performances and much joy can be had by spotting some of our favorite character actors. Miss Singleton renders two songs appealingly.
Production values are reasonably accomplished.
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Karen DeWolf. Story: Eleanore Griffin. Based on the comic strip Blondie created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Lionel Banks. Costumes: Monica. Music director: Morris W. Stoloff. Producer: Robert Sparks.
Copyright 17 July 1941 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 17 July 1941. Australian release: 9 October 1941. 8 reels. 6,887 feet. 76½ minutes. U.K. release title: HENPECKED.
NOTES: Originally, this was the longest in running time of the series.
According to one source, producer Robert Sparks plays Jasper, while Frank R. Strayer can be spotted as an investigator.
The ninth of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: The ninth film in the series. This one might be called "Blondie in the Dog-House", as Karen DeWolf's screenplay is solely concerned with show dogs and not society of any strata.
If we thought Richard Flournoy's plots were thin, Miss DeWolf's are even thinner, though she has evidently made a greater study of the actual comic strips and has better captured their flavor. But what was obviously a fairly amusing script in the reading is less so in the seeing.
Director Frank R. Strayer's control is loose. Film editing, partly the result of a longer running time than usual, can best be described as flabby.
Fortunately, all the players turn in capable performances and much joy can be had by spotting some of our favorite character actors. Miss Singleton renders two songs appealingly.
Production values are reasonably accomplished.