Movie · 1946
Blondie Knows Best
“Dagwood Thinks He Has All The Answers... But Blondie Knows Best!”
Released 17 October 1946 69 min Comedy More from 1946 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray. The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie to come to the rescue.
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How old were they?
Jonathan Hale
as J.C. Dithers
Jack Rice
as Ollie Shaw (uncredited)
Shemp Howard
as Jim Gray
Jerome Cowan
as Charles Peabody
Arthur Loft
as Mr. Conroy
Bess Flowers
as Patron at Hi-Ho Club (uncredited)
Ludwig Donath
as Dr. Titus
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Steven Geray
as Dr. Schmidt
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead
Fred F. Sears
as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
Larry Simms
as Alexander Bumstead
Danny Mummert
as Alvin Fuddle
Daisy
as Daisy
Marjorie Ann Mutchie
as Cookie Bumstead
Alyn Lockwood
as Mary, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Jonathan Hale — oldest on the call sheet
7Marjorie Ann Mutchie — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast