Blondie on a Budget

Feb 29, 1940

1h 12m

★ 6.0

Balance your fun budget.

Overview

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Blondie on a Budget Trailers

Cast

Blondie Bumstead

Penny Singleton

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Arthur Lake

Baby Dumpling Bumstead

Larry Simms

Daisy

Joan Forrester

Rita Hayworth

Alvin Fuddle

Danny Mummert

Marvin Williams

Don Beddoe

Ed Fuddle

John Qualen

Mrs. Fuddle

Fay Helm

Mailman

Irving Bacon

Brice

Thurston Hall

Theatre Manager

William Brisbane

Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.

6.7

Blondie Plays Cupid

Oct 31, 1940

The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.

6.2

Blondie Goes Latin

Feb 27, 1941

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers.

7.5

It's a Great Life

May 27, 1943

Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.

4.8

Blondie's Big Moment

Jan 9, 1947

Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.

7.1

Blondie

Nov 30, 1938

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.

0.0

Changing Fashions

Jul 15, 1993

Anthony Kiedis and Sofia Coppola try to escape the fashion influence of Debbie Harry.

6.3

CBGB

Oct 11, 2013

A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.

10.0

Blondie: Eat to the Beat

Oct 1, 1980

Blondie's first video album was produced in conjunction with the record "Eat to the Beat", featuring a music video for each of the album's twelve songs. It was the first such project in rock music. Most of the songs were filmed in and around New York, the exception was the "Union City Blue" music video, which was filmed at Union Dry Dock, Weehawken, New Jersey. Each video was directed by David Mallet and produced by Paul Flattery. The video was initially available as a promotional VHS in 1979 and subsequently released on videocassette and videodisk in October 1980.

5.8

Blondie's New York and the Making of Parallel Lines

Aug 29, 2014

The story behind Blondie's album Parallel Lines, which sold 16 million copies and captured the spirit of 1970s New York at a time of poverty, crime and an exploding artistic life.

0.0

Blondie: Live at Beat Club 1978

May 16, 2006

This was a "Musikladen Extra" special from Bremen TV, West Germany from 1978. It was originally released on DVD by Pioneer Artists/EME as The Best Of Musikladen-Live: Blondie. Track List: 1. X-Offender; 2. Little Girl Lies; 3. Look Good in Blue; 4. Man Overboard; 5. In the Flesh; 6. I'm on E; 7. Love at the Pier; 8. I Didn't Have the Nerve; 9. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45); 10. Kidnapper; 11. Youth Nabbed as Sniper.

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0.0

Ouf!

Nov 1, 1994

Slapstick - a tribute to 100 years of cinema: authorities, in their efforts to create order, often create disorder, not noticing this.

3.0

Ladies House of Pleasure

Jun 23, 1976

A lovely summer day in Paris. Roger and Martine are on their way to work. "Work" is a euphemism because Martine is a prostitute in Pigalle. She is saving money to buy the house of her dreams in the country. Her husband Roger "works" for the same goal, but in a brothel for women. There, duchesses rub elbows with businesswomen, militant members of women's lib and other female pleasure-seekers.

0.0

Ζητείται δράκος

Jan 1, 1983

No overview available.

7.3

Anders Matthesen - Anden bringer ud

Nov 30, 2019

There are more than two hours of classic stand-up when ANDEN BRINGER OUT is just Anders, a stool and a microphone.

0.0

Γλυκιά μου Μαρί

Jan 1, 1987

No overview available.