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6.4

Blondie Goes to College

NR·1942·74m

Comedy

Family

Comedy

Family

Summary

Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too.

Cast

Arthur Lake

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Penny Singleton

Blondie Bumstead

Janet Blair

Laura Wadsworth

Larry Parks

Rusty Bryant

Jonathan Hale

J.C. Dithers

Larry Simms

Alexander " Baby " Bumstead

Daisy

Andrew Tombes

L.L. Snookie Wadsworth

Esther Dale

Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady

Cliff Nazarro

Professor Mixwell

Boyd Davis

Man Who Lost Gold Football Charm

Byron Shores

Military School Captain Caswell

Tom Fadden

Mr. Dill's Brother

Lloyd Bridges

Ben Dixon

Charles C. Wilson

Police Sergeant

Bill Goodwin

Announcer at Shell Race

Harrison Greene

Mailman

J. Anthony Hughes

Baseball Coach

Lee Phelps

Coach Hartley

Adele Mara

Babs Conelly

Danny Mummert

Alvin Fuddle

Isabel Withers

Mrs. Stringer

Harry C. Bradley

Professor

Carol Adams

Collegian

Bess Flowers

Dance Spectator

Rodney Bell

Student

Maurice Cass

Dean who gets Tackled

Eddy Chandler

First Motorcycle Policeman

Ken Christy

Detective Getting Dithers

Lois Collier

Coed

Ralph Dunn

Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

Marlo Dwyer

Coed

Eddie Hall

Student Wearing T-shirt and Fedora

Eleanor Hansen

Coed

Dick Jensen

Trainer

Sid Melton

'Mouse' Gifford

Philip Morris

Detective

Jane Patten

Coed

Buddy Pepper

Atlantic Coxswain

Bertha Priestley

Gushing Coed

Marjorie Reynolds

Martha Kingston

Tim Ryan

Mr. Higby, Football Coach

Emmett Vogan

Mr Howard, Track and Baseball Coach

Bob Reeves

Football Player

Crew

Director

Frank R. Strayer

Characters

Chic Young

Screenplay

Lou Breslow

Reviews

talisencrw

June 25, 2016

This was quite fun, though very improbable, as Dagwood feels the great urge to take a break from work and go to college for the first time, both to further his education in industrial engineering, to aide his work for the Dithers Construction Company, and to enlist in football, baseball and track. He further convinces Blondie to do likewise, and it's a very enjoyable diversion for fans of the period.