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| Director: | Frank R. Strayer | 
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| Writer: | Richard Flournoy | 
| Staring: | 
| The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 31, 1940 | 
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| Director: | Frank R. Strayer | 
| Writer: | Richard Flournoy | 
| Genres: | Comedy | 
| Keywords | blondie | 
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $0
                Budget: $0  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 30, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Penny Singleton | Blondie Bumstead | 
| Arthur Lake | Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead | 
| Larry Simms | Alexander " Baby " Bumstead | 
| Daisy | Daisy | 
| Jonathan Hale | J.C. Dithers | 
| Danny Mummert | Alvin Fuddle | 
| Irving Bacon | Mailman | 
| Glenn Ford | Charlie | 
| Luana Walters | Millie | 
| Will Wright | Mr. Tucker | 
| Spencer Charters | Onkel Abner Henderson | 
| Leona Roberts | Tante Hannah Henderson | 
| Stanley Brown | Ollie Shaw (uncredited) | 
| Mary Jane Carey | Mary - the Secretary (uncredited) | 
| Tommy Dixon | Saunders (uncredited) | 
| Jay Eaton | Kirk (uncredited) | 
| Richard Fiske | Nelson (uncredited) | 
| Si Jenks | Newton Banks - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | 
| Charles Lane | Train Conductor (uncredited) | 
| Rex Moore | Newsboy (uncredited) | 
| John Tyrrell | Reed - a Workman (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Jerome Pycha Jr. | Art Direction | 
| Frank R. Strayer | Director | 
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design | 
| Chic Young | Characters | 
| Henry Freulich | Director of Photography | 
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction | 
| Ben Oakland | Original Music Composer | 
| Gene Milford | Editor | 
| Richard Flournoy | Screenplay | 
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer | 
| Morris Stoloff | Original Music Composer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Robert Sparks | Producer | 
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Great fun to see a very young Glenn Ford as a young groom the prospective father-in-law isn't very fond of...making it a 'shotgun wedding' of a far different sort than usual! Thankfully the Bumsteads are around, on a detour in a much-needed vacation, to help things out. ...