Movie · 1940
Blondie on a Budget
“Balance your fun budget.”
Released 29 February 1940 72 min Comedy More from 1940 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
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How old were they?
Thurston Hall
as Brice
Chester Clute
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Mailman
Hal K. Dawson
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
John Qualen
as Ed Fuddle
Don Beddoe
as Marvin Williams
Mary Currier
as First Saleslady (uncredited)
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
William Brisbane
as Theatre Manager
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead
Fay Helm
as Mrs. Fuddle
Willie Best
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth
as Joan Forrester
Danny Mummert
as Alvin Fuddle
Larry Simms
as Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy
as Daisy
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The numbers
54years between the oldest and youngest billed
57Thurston Hall — oldest on the call sheet
3Daisy — youngest billed
31average age of the credited cast