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Blondie Knows Best (1946)
Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) poses as his boss Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray (Shemp Howard). The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie (Penny Singleton) to come to the rescue. Number 18 in the long running Blondie series. Blondie Knows Best was writer/director Edward Bernds' first entry in the long-running "Blondie" series, and arguably his funniest. Bernds was a big fan of comedian Shemp Howard (whom he'd directed in several Columbia 2-reelers) and accordingly he gives Shemp free reign in his scenes, resulting in some hystericially funny moments. Blondie Knows Best represented Jonathan Hale's farewell to the series; in the next entry, Blondie's Big Moment, he would be replaced by Jerome Cowan as Mr. Radcliffe
Updated May 9 2020
Cast
Shemp Howard
Shemp
Jerome Cowan
Joe Ralston
Larry Simms
Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Steven Geray
Prof. Fred Linder
Penny Singleton
Miss Violet Sims
Arthur Lake
Elevator Boy
Daisy
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Crew
Aaron Stell
Editor
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Chic Young
Characters
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Art Direction
Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Abby Berlin
Director
Burt Kelly
Producer
Perry Smith
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