On the eve of the american entry into world war ii, the oftenfilmed conrad story of a hermit on an island invaded by thugs was refashioned into a clarion call for intervention in the war in europe, at the height of american isolationism. I thought it was a decent film, so i picked it up for him to watch. A screen gems color rhapsody cartoon from 1942, produced by dave fleischer, supervised by frank tashlin, and directed by bob wickersham. The oscarwinning desert victory was a coproduction of the service film units first set up in 1941. Blondie is hounded by the campus stud and dagwood makes the rowing team. Penny singleton, best remembered as blondie, the scatterbrained yet. Blondie is an enjoyable entry that produced 27 more movie episodes, ending with 1950s beware of blondie.
Blondie for victory 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Husband dagwood soon finds that blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in. Blondie for victory is a 1942 american comedy film directed by frank r. One particular thing about the blondie series is that the central characters are played by the same actors throughout the entire series. Blondie and dagwood films collection my video classics. Hans conreid in one of his early films plays a ham actor who takes over the bumstead household after dagwood asks him for a visit. Stories, art and cover by chic young, plus an introduction by clark kinnaird. Axel heyst lives on a secluded island near the dutch east indies port of surabaya. I then remembered watching victory about half a dozen times in the 80s on hbo. And no one can play blondie and dagwood better than penny singleton and arthur lake. Blondie in society is a 1941 blackandwhite comedy film directed by frank r. Large format acetate negative by alfred palmer for the office of war information.
It was based on the popular novel by joseph conrad. Penny singleton, arthur lake, larry simms, majelle white, stuart erwin, jonathan hale, danny mummert, edward gargan. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Overview of blondie for victory, 1942, directed by frank r. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, blondie joins the housewives of america, a home defense league.
Blondie penny singleton rallies housewives for the war effort, while dagwood arthur lake handles cooking and baby dumpling larry simms. Blondie is a 1938 comedy film directed by frank strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by chic young. Strayer, frank strayer on allmovie anxious to do her bit for the war effort, blondie. Penny singleton born mariana dorothy mcnulty, september 15, 1908 november 12, 2003 was an american actress and labor leader. Original ww ii united states collectibles for sale ebay. Boy and girl members of the victory corps of washington, roosevelt, and polytechnic high schools summary photographs show boy and girl members of the victory corps of washington, roosevelt, and polytechnic high schools. Ww ii collectibles group would be complete without military items. While on personal business to the port, he visits the hotel owned by racist german schomberg. Victory is a 1940 film directed by john cromwell and starring fredric march, cedric hardwicke, and betty field.
Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, blondie penny singleton joins the housewives of america, a home defense league. The writing, this time, disappoints and the film makes a very strange message about wwii and the homefront. Blondie comic strip, a longrunning newspaper comic strip named after its blondhaired main character, launched in 1930 blondie, first in a series of movies based on the comic strip. Blondie for victory is a 1942 american film and the 12th entry in the blondie series. Blondie organizes housewives of america to perform homefront wartime duties, including guarding the local dam. Blondie for victory 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Practicing on the rifle range in the schools basement. Blondie goes along with him, keeping their marriage a secret. Blondie for victory 1942 blondie penny singleton rallies housewives for the war effort, while dagwood arthur lake handles cooking and baby dumpling larry simms. No matter why you like them, youll find the plenty of vintage u. The plot involves the bumsteads 5th anniversary, dagwood trying to get a raise, and blondie trying to buy new furniture.
Blondie and dagwood movies complete collection youtube. Dagwood and the other husbands dont care to be left home doing the cooking and taking care of the kids, so dagwood pretends to join the army. Blondie s blessed event 1942 blondie for victory 1942 its a great life 1943 footlight glamour 1943 leave it to blondie 1945 life with blondie 1945 blondie s lucky day 1946 blondie knows best 1946 blondie s big moment 1947. Blondie bumstead forms a civilian defense group, housewives of america, by persuading her housewife neighbors to join. Dagwood and the other husbands dont care to be left home doing the cooking. My honest answer was other than bend it like bekhamwhich i didnt see, i didnt know of any other soccer movies. Blondie 19391950, a radio comedy series based on the comic strip. Description of hollywood ww ii activities during hollywoods heyday by robert c valentine, colonels frank capra, darryl zanuck, ww ii generation, 834th signal services photographic department, list of ww ii movies and categories, ww ii movie newsreels, war comes to america, casablanca, clark gable. Dark victory is a melodrama par excellence, a threehanky weepie starring one of the masters of the genre, bette davis.
The film is about allied prisoners of war who are interned in a german prison camp during the second world war who play an exhibition match of football against a german team. You may have served as a soldier and enjoy nostalgic pieces, or you might simply enjoy collecting cool items relating to wwii. Some elements of the man who came to dinner are present in this blondie film. This film can only be described as the great escape with football, the story has been done a few times but i think this was one of the first, it has a great strong cast and some good performances. Now, voyager 810 movie clip a mothers love 1942 hd duration. Blondie for victory was twelfth in columbias series of comedy films based on chic youngs popular comic strip blondie. Strayer, with penny singleton, arthur lake, larry simms, at turner classic movies. Pioneering comics publisher david mckays feature book was the first us comic book to devote complete issues to a single character.
Part of victory corps activities there, rifle practice encourages girls to be accurate in handling firearms. But alongside roy boultings later, lightly satirical farces, desert victory, tunisian victory 1943 and burma victory 1945 were deadly serious in intent and effect. An allwoman orchestra plays in the hotel each night, and orchestra owner, san giacomo agrees to sell one of the. During her 60year career, singleton appeared as the comicstrip heroine blondie bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the popular blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
They send baby dumpling off to military school where he becomes top sergeant. Unfortunately conreid times his visit just as blondie brings home her new baby girl in blondies blessed event. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. For those who dont know, this movie takes place against the backdrop of ww ii. This is the complete set of the movies that were originally shown in theaters. Blondie and dagwood film collection a total of 28 movies, the complete collection of blondie movies. Blondie for victory 1942 approved 1h 11min comedy, war 6 august 1942 usa blondie organizes housewives of america to perform homefront wartime duties, including guarding the local dam. Strayer and starring penny singleton and arthur lake. Blondie, the eponymous 1976 debut album from blondie.