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Blondie Knows Best

1946 · 69 min

A breezy, silly comedy full of mistaken identities and slapstick, easy to enjoy without thinking too hard.

Tagline
Dagwood Thinks He Has All The Answers... But Blondie Knows Best!
Overview
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray. The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie to come to the rescue.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • work
  • deception
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Abby Berlin
Written by
Al Martin, Edward Bernds
Starring
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Daisy, Steven Geray, Jonathan Hale, Shemp Howard
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
69 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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