Blondie Goes to College
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| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
| Screenplay by | Lou Breslow |
| Story by | Clyde Bruckman Warren Wilson |
| Based on | comic strip Blondie by Chic Young |
| Produced by | Robert Sparks |
| Starring | Penny Singleton Arthur Lake |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Otto Meyer |
| Music by | M. W. Stoloff |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blondie Goes to College is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film is a part of the Blondie series, starring Penny Singleton in the title role. It is the tenth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.
Plot
Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) takes his family to a college football game and decides that he wants to go back to college.[1]
Blondie (Penny Singleton) tries to convince Mr. Dithers to talk Dagwood out of it, but Dithers recommends him to go to get it out of his system. While talking to Mr. Dithers, Blondie tells him that she is pregnant, but that she has not told Dagwood yet since he has enough on his mind.
He goes to school with his wife, but married couples are not allowed. They decide to pretend they aren't a couple, living separately.[2]
A dilemma starts when Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair) begins to flirt with Dagwood, while Big Man on Campus Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks) does the same with Blondie.[2] Meanwhile, Baby Dumpling goes to a local military school.
Blondie sings "Do I Need You", a song by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, written for this film.[3]
Cast
- Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead, aka Blondie Smith
- Arthur Lake as Dagwood 'Daggie' Bumstead
- Janet Blair as Laura Wadsworth
- Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling Bumstead
- Jonathan Hale as J.C. Dithers
- Adele Mara as Babs Connelly
- Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle
- Larry Parks as Rusty Bryant
- Lloyd Bridges as Ben Dixon
- Andrew Tombes as J.J 'Snookie' Wadsworth
- Sid Melton as Mouse
References
- ^ Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1984). The Movies Go to College: Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 180, note 27. ISBN 978-0-8386-3133-1.
- ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (October 20, 2022). From Radio to Television: Programs That Made the Transition, 1929-2021. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4766-8836-7.
- ^ "'Blondie' Sings in New College Movie Hit". San Angelo Standard-Times. February 22, 1942. p. 20. Retrieved March 7, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Blondie Goes to College at IMDb
- Blondie Goes to College at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
- Blondie Goes to College at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films