Blondie Meets the Boss
(1939)
75 mins | Comedy | 8 March 1939
Director:
Frank R. StrayerWriters:
Richard Flournoy, Kay Van RiperCinematographer:
Henry FreulichEditor:
Gene HavlickProduction Designer:
Lionel BanksProduction Company:
Columbia Pictures Corp.The working title of this film was Blondie Steps Out. The film marked the first feature release of actor Robert Sterling (1917--2006), who appeared in several pictures that were shot in late 1938 and 1939. Blondie Meets the Boss was the second picture in the Blondie series. For additional information about the series, consult the Series Index and see Blondie! (above). ...
The working title of this film was Blondie Steps Out. The film marked the first feature release of actor Robert Sterling (1917--2006), who appeared in several pictures that were shot in late 1938 and 1939. Blondie Meets the Boss was the second picture in the Blondie series. For additional information about the series, consult the Series Index and see Blondie! (above).
When Dagwood Bumstead quits his job because his boss, Mr. Dithers cancels his vacation, Blondie decides to meet Dithers and plead for her husband's job. To teach Dagwood a lesson, Dithers offers Blondie the job, which makes Dagwood so angry that he decides to sneak away on a fishing trip with neighbor Marvin Williams. Unknown to Dagwood, Marvin has arranged a rendezvous with singers Betty Lou Wood and Francis Rogers, and when Blondie accidentally sees some photos of her husband with Francis, trouble comes to the Bumstead house. After a series of comic mixups, Dagwood is reinstated in both his boss's and wife's good graces, and normalcy returns to chez ...
When Dagwood Bumstead quits his job because his boss, Mr. Dithers cancels his vacation, Blondie decides to meet Dithers and plead for her husband's job. To teach Dagwood a lesson, Dithers offers Blondie the job, which makes Dagwood so angry that he decides to sneak away on a fishing trip with neighbor Marvin Williams. Unknown to Dagwood, Marvin has arranged a rendezvous with singers Betty Lou Wood and Francis Rogers, and when Blondie accidentally sees some photos of her husband with Francis, trouble comes to the Bumstead house. After a series of comic mixups, Dagwood is reinstated in both his boss's and wife's good graces, and normalcy returns to chez Bumstead.
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