''Blondie's Blessed Event'' is a 1942 American

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directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring

Penny Singleton Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip he ...

, Arthur Lake, and

Larry Simms Larry Lee Simms (October 1, 1934 – June 17, 2009) was an American aerospace engineer and former child actor who appeared in 36 films between 1937 and 1951. Life and career Larry Simms was born October 1, 1934. He worked as a child model fro ...

. 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

as Blondie * Arthur Lake as Dagwood *

as Baby Dumpling * Daisy as Daisy the Dog *

Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley; March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. Life and career Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Co ...

as J.C. Dithers * Danny Mummert as Alvin Fuddle *

Hans Conried Hans Georg Conried Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for providing the voices of George Darling and Captain Hook in Walt Disney's '' Peter Pan'' (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's ...

as George Wickley * Stanley Brown as Ollie Shaw * Irving Brown as Mr. Crumb *

Mary Wickes Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995) was an American actress. She often played supporting roles as prim, professional women, secretaries, nurses, nuns, therapists, teachers and housekeepers, who made ...

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 based on comic strips Films based on American comics Live-action films based on comics Films directed by Frank R. Strayer 1940s American films 1940s English-language films {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub