Movie · 1942
Blondie for Victory
“Blondie Has Dagwood in Splints...and America in Stitches!”
Released 6 August 1942 71 min Comedy More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
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How old were they?
Jonathan Hale
as J.C. Dithers
Jean Inness
as Housewife of America
Edward Gargan
as Sergeant
Stuart Erwin
as Pvt. Herschel Smith
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead
Danny Mummert
as Alvin Fuddle
Larry Simms
as Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Daisy
as Daisy
Majelle White
as Cookie Bumstead
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Jonathan Hale — oldest on the call sheet
5Daisy — youngest billed
29average age of the credited cast