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''Blondie's Blessed Event'' is a 1942 American
comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Frank R. Strayer Frank Raymond Strayer (September 21, 1891 – February 3, 1964) was an actor, film writer, director and producer. He was active from the mid-1920s until the early 1950s. He directed a series of 14 '' Blondie!'' (1938) movies as well. Biography ...
and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms. It is the 11th of the Blondie films. It was the first to feature the character of Cookie.


Plot

Blondie gives birth to a baby daughter, Cookie, at the hospital. Dagwood is clumsy at doing housework in her absence. He is then sent to Chicago to attend an architects convention, where he meets an eccentric but impoverished hotel-room neighbor. The man claims to be a playwright and mooches Dagwood's meal while writing a speech, which Dagwood then delivers at the convention. Unfortunately, the speech urges homeowners to design their own homes rather than hire architects. The man follows Dagwood home and takes over the running of their household, including hiring a maid, and browbeating Mr. Dithers into giving Dagwood a raise. Blondie finally demands that he leave.


Cast

* Penny Singleton as Blondie * Arthur Lake as Dagwood * Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling * Daisy as Daisy the Dog * Jonathan Hale as J.C. Dithers * Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle * Hans Conried as George Wickley * Stanley Brown as Ollie Shaw * Irving Brown as Mr. Crumb * Mary Wickes as Sarah Miller * Norma Jean Wayne as Cookie (uncredited)


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1942 films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1942 comedy films Blondie (film series) films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub