6.9 / 10(8 votes)IMDbNR19391h 12mUnited States of America

Blondie Brings Up Baby

“Baby Goes To School... And You Go Into Stitches!”

Topics:#dog

Synopsis

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months.

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Penny Singleton

Blondie Bumstead

Arthur Lake

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Larry Simms

Alexander " Baby " Bumstead

Daisy

Danny Mummert

Alvin Fuddle

Jonathan Hale

J.C. Dithers

Robert Middlemass

Abner Cartwright

Olin Howland

Encyclopedia Salesman

Fay Helm

Mrs. Fuddle

Peggy Ann Garner

Melinda Mason

Roy Gordon

Mr. Mason

Grace Stafford

Miss White

Helen Jerome Eddy

Miss Ferguson

Irving Bacon

Mailman

Eugene Anderson Jr

Paperboy (uncredited)

Uncredited

Bruce Bennett

Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Uncredited

Willie Best

Hotel Janitor (uncredited)

Uncredited

Stanley Brown

Dithers' Employee Reading Note (uncredited)

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Release History & Theatrical Window

Theatrical Premiere

November 8, 1939

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Frank R. Strayer
Screenplay & Story: Richard Flournoy
Original Score: Leigh Harline, Ben Oakland, Gregory Stone, George Bassman
Original Title: Blondie Brings Up Baby
Country of Origin: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 12m
Production Studios: Columbia Pictures

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Frank R. Strayer

Screenplay & Story

Richard Flournoy, Chic Young

Original Score & Music

Leigh Harline, Ben Oakland, Gregory Stone, George Bassman

Director of Photography

Henry Freulich

Film Editing

Otto Meyer

Producers

Robert Sparks

Literary Origin & Source Material

Characters:Chic Young

Department Leadership Roster

Otto Meyer

Editor

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

Robert Kalloch

Costume Design

Ben Oakland

Original Music Composer

Gregory Stone

Original Music Composer

Frank R. Strayer

Director

Robert Sparks

Producer

Richard Flournoy

Screenplay

Henry Freulich

Director of Photography

George Bassman

Original Music Composer

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Primary: NR

NR: Not Rated — Evaluated outside standard classification boards.

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United States (MPAA)NR

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