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Blondie Takes a Vacation

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Blondie Takes a Vacation
Blondie Takes a Vacation & Television Spy 1939 ads
Directed byFrank R. Strayer
Screenplay byRichard Flournoy
Story byKaren DeWolf
Robert Chapin
Based oncomic strip Blondie
by Chic Young
Produced byRobert Sparks
StarringPenny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
CinematographyHenry Freulich
Edited byViola Lawrence
Music byM. W. Stoloff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 20, 1939 (1939-07-20) (US)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blondie Takes a Vacation is a 1939 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms. The film is based on Chic Young's comic strip of the same name.

This was the third of 28 films based on the comic strip; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943.

Plot

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The Bumsteads finally take a vacation at a mountain lake, but discover the failing hotel is about to be foreclosed on for lack of business, and its utilities cut off. Dagwood generously pitches in with schemes to help the elderly and bewildered proprietors attract more business.

Cast

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Production

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Production for the film took place in May 1939 to June 1939.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland Publishing. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0786433537. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
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