''Blondie's Big Deal'' is a 1949 American

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

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and starring

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, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie. It is the twenty-fifth of the 28 Blondie films.

Plot

Dagwood accidentally invents a non flammable paint. Con men visit Blondie and, while her back is turned, switch cans of it for ordinary paint, hoping to have the special paint formula analyzed. Dagwood unwittingly paints his boss Mr. Radcliffe's barn with the wrong paint as a test; and with Mr. Radcliffe watching, sets the barn on fire, only to have it burn down, disgracing Dagwood. Blondie then, using an assumed name, is hired as a secretary in the con men's office, where she records their incriminating conversation. As she is about to leave and take back Dagwood's valuable paint, they seize the paint and tie her to a chair as prisoner, but she is soon rescued by a visitor. She rushes to Mr. Radcliffe's office, where the con men are in the process of selling him Dagwood's nonflammable paint, which they claim is their invention. She then plays the incriminating recording, exposing them and having them arrested.

Cast

as Blondie * Arthur Lake as Dagwood * Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling * Marjorie Ann Mutchie as Cookie * Daisy as Daisy the Dog * Collette Lyons as Norma Addison *

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as Joe Dillon * Ray Walker as Harry Slack *

Stanley Andrews Stanley Martin Andrews (born Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first host of ...

as Mr. Forsythe *

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as Rollo * Eddie Acuff as Mr. Beasley * Jack Rice as Ollie Merton * Chester Clute as Ramsey * George Lloyd as Fire Chief * Alyn Lockwood as Mary * Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle

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* * * 1949 films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films Blondie (film series) films Films based on comic strips Films based on American comics Live-action films based on comics 1949 comedy films Films directed by Edward Bernds American comedy films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films Films scored by Mischa Bakaleinikoff {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub