Blondie meets the boss
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| Original title | Blondie meets the boss | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1939 | ||
| length | 75 minutes | ||
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| Director | Frank R. Strayer | ||
| script | Richard Flournoy | ||
| production | Robert Sparks | ||
| music | Leigh Harline | ||
| camera | Henry Freulich | ||
| cut | Gene Havlick | ||
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as well as without mention in the film: Eddie Acuff , Irving Bacon , George Chandler , James Craig , William B. Davidson , Edgar Dearing , Sarah Edwards , Edward Gargan , Cammie King , Walter Sande , Robert Sterling , Grady Sutton | |||
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Blondie Meets the Boss is an American comedy film in black and white 1939 film was directed from the year Frank R. Strayer and written by Richard Flournoy for the same comics by Chic Young and a story that he and Kay Van Riper written would have. The main roles were played by Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake . Blondie Meets the Boss is the second film in the Blondie film series .
action
It even says in the newspaper: The Bumstead family wants to go on their long-awaited vacation. But on the last day of work, Dagwood Bumstead learns from his boss JC Dithers that the vacation has to be canceled; Dagwood is needed in the company. He is so upset about it that he unintentionally quits. When he tells this to his wife Blondie, she puts on her kitchen apron and hurries to Dagwood's boss. Shortly afterwards, Blondie's sister Dottie comes to the supposedly abandoned house with her dance partner Freddie Turner. The two want to take part in a jitterbug competition in the nearby Golden Cafe . Mr. Dithers, who wants to teach Dagwood a lesson, offers Blondie Dagwood's job. To reassure Blondie, Dithers calls Dagwood and tells him that Blondie is doing his job. Dagwood is so upset about this that he decides to go fishing with his neighbor Marvin Williams. He leaves his little son Baby Dumpling and the family dog Daisy with Dottie and Fred. Marvin's fishing trip soon turns out to be a meeting with Betty Lou Wood and Francis Rogers, two dancers from the Golden Cafe . Dagwood quickly gets into a compromising-looking situation with Francine, which Betty Lou immediately photographs with Francine's camera. In general, the insecure Dagwood is expected to have fun with Francis. When the pressure in this direction becomes too great, Dagwood fled back home; he is taken away by the milk supplier and arrives at four in the morning. Blondie already misses him and regrets her jealousy. In return, Dagwood confesses that he has not caught any fish.
When Blondie is about to go to work the next morning, she finds Francine's camera in Dagwood's bag and takes it with her to have the pictures developed. Mr. Dithers, who is involved in the planning of an airport in Washington , announces a telegram that Blondie will be waiting for that evening. When she calls Dagwood that it will be late, Dagwood leaves the house to meet up with friends. Dottie and Freddie are supposed to take care of Baby Dumpling and Daisy again. When they have to go to their competition and Dagwood is still not back, they take them with them and leave a message. Small children and dogs are not allowed in the club, so Freddie has to wait in front of the door with Baby Dumpling and Daisy. When Dagwood finally takes over the two, Freddie discovers that Dottie didn't take care of the competition as promised and leaves them after a brief argument. Dagwood, on the other hand, meets Francine and follows her shortly afterwards into her dressing room.
In the meantime, Blondie has received both the developed photos and the telegram. She is now supposed to buy a piece of land, which is becoming much more valuable because of the airport, for a maximum of $ 10,000. When she goes to the owner, Mr. Philpot, who also runs the Garden Cafe , she meets Baby Dumpling and Daisy, who are waiting next to Francine's cloakroom. Blondie had already identified Francine as the woman in the compromising photo. When Dagwood comes out of the cloakroom, she knocks him down with her handbag, and some papers fall out, including the telegram. Then she takes Baby Dumpling and Daisy and goes home. Dagwood staggered, dazed, into the ballroom where the competition had already started. Dottie takes him as a partner, whereby she succeeds in making his tumbling look like dancing and thus winning the jitterbug competition. Back home, Blondie and Dagwood make up after a while, as do Dottie and Freddie. The purchase of the property fails, however, because Philpot has found the telegram and therefore demands more. But since the airport project also failed, Dithers hires Dagwood immediately. But first the Bumsteads will go on vacation.
- running gag
The running gag of the series and the comic, in which Dagwood storming out of the house runs down the postman, is featured twice in Blondie Meets the Boss . The first time, on Dagwood's last day of work before the planned vacation, the postman introduces a younger colleague. He warns him of the danger and advises him to walk next to the paved path to be on the safe side. Thereupon he is run over by Dagwood. The second time, it's Blondie who runs him down, not without leaving a kiss mark on his face. He thinks this variant is better.
background
In Blondie Meets the Boss (working title Blondie Steps Out ) Robert Sterling had his first film appearance and was seen in two roles.
Skinnay Ennis and his band presented the song You Had It Coming to You in the film . It was written by Ben Oakland and Samuel Lerner .
For Production Design in Blondie Meets the Boss was Lionel Banks responsible for the costumes came from Kalloch .
Blondie Meets the Boss was produced from December 27, 1938 to January 24, 1939 and premiered on March 8, 1939. The film was produced and distributed by Columbia . Nothing is known about a performance in German-speaking countries.
reception
Reviews
Frank Nugent slating Blondie Meets the Boss in his review in the New York Times . If there was ever any doubt about the need for the humor and feelings of comic strips in the cinema, he said Paramount had removed the last of it. Everything seems familiar, and Penny Singleton interprets her role as Blondie less as a woman, but more as a statistical average figure. But it is unpatriotic to be completely bored with Blondie . The critics of Harrison's Reports and Variety found the film at least moderately or occasionally amusing. The film is slow, sometimes tough, and the humor sometimes seems forced. What was funny in the first part now seems silly. The running gags, like the postman or the sandwiches, are also not as good; Not even Larry Simms' gags are funny, even if he's cute. On the other hand, the acting is good, and Dagwood's victory in the jitterbug competition is particularly funny. The visualization of Blondie's jealousy by fading in excerpts from the newsreel showing the bombings were also successful. Blondie Meets the Boss could very well do well in family theaters.
The newer reviews think Blondie Meets the Boss is just as funny as the first part or not quite as funny, but just as good. The stable security in middle class life, which cannot even be destroyed by the faxing of the bumpsteads, would calm and amuse the audience. The supporting actors are also recognized, especially Larry Simms and Jonathan Hale. Leonard Maltin gives 2½ out of 4 points without making any further comments.
Web links
- Blondie Meets the Boss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blondie Meets the Boss at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Gene Blottner: Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years . McFarland, Jefferson 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-3353-7 , Blondie, pp. 19-20 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 27, 2020]).
- ↑ a b c Blondie Meets the Boss (1939). In: AFI Catalog. American Film Institute , accessed June 27, 2020 .
- ^ Frank S. Nugent : THE SCREEN; The Once-Over Lightly on 'The Lady's From Kentucky' at Paramount and 'Blondie Meets the Boss' . In: The New York Times . April 27, 1939 (in English, online on the New York Times pages [accessed June 27, 2020] Second Review).
- ↑ a b c “Blondie Meets the Boss” with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake . In: Harrison's Reports . March 11, 1939, p. 38 ( online at Archive.org [accessed June 27, 2020]).
- ↑ a b c Blondie Meets the Boss . In: Variety . March 8, 1939, p. 18 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed June 27, 2020]).
- ↑ Hal Erickson : Blondie Meets the Boss (1939). In: AllMovie . Retrieved June 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Sanderson Beck: Blondie Meets the Boss. In: San.Beck.org. Retrieved June 27, 2020 (English).
- ^ Leonard Maltin : Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide . Plume, New York 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 , pp. 69-70 (English).