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Dagwood takes over the office in Dithers's absence and hires former WAC Mary Jane. Dagwood and the WAC become unemployed, the Bumsteads start their own business, and Dagwood gets his old job back.

Arthur Lake, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)

Things got a bit too silly in Blondie&#39;s Lucky Day. Usually she&#39;s the sensible one. But in this case she&#39;s the one who gets Dagwood fired once again from the J.C. Dithers Construction Company. All in a good cause mind you, the cause of the advancement of women in the work place. You&#39;d think Jonathan Hale would learn not to leave Arthur Lake in charge. Lake feeling a little social pressure to hire returning veterans hires shapely and beautiful former WAC Angelyn Orr who has a degree in architecture. Penny Singleton who is usually quite jealous about other females near her man welcomes Orr into the Bumstead home and takes up her cause. Because when Hale returns home and finds a woman doing &#39;man&#39;s work Blondie manages to get Dagwood fired as well as Orr. Usually Dagwood manages that on his own. Dagwood also forms the Bumstead Construction company with Orr and looks to snare client Paul Harvey from the grasp of J.C. Dithers. How it all works out is for you to see the film for. But let&#39;s say Dagwood learns there&#39;s a lot more to business than just being good at your work. Fans of the series should be pleased.

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Blondie's Lucky Day

Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Larry Simms (Alexander), Marjorie Kent (Cookie), Robert Stanton (Johnny), Angelyn Orr (Mary Jane), Jonathan Hale (J. C. Dithers), Paul Harvey (Mr Butler), Bobby Larson (Tommy), Jack Rice (Ollie), Charles Arnt (mayor), Margie Liszt (Mary), Frank Orth (salesman), Frank Jenks (postman), and &quot;Daisy&quot;. Director: ABBY BERLIN. Original screenplay: Connie Lee. Based on characters created by Chic Young. Photography: L.W. O&#39;Connell. Film editor: Aaron Stell. Art director: Perry Smith. Set decorator: Herman Schoenbrun. Music director: Mischa Bakaleinikoff. Producer: Burt Kelly. Copyright 4 April 1946 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: 4 April 1946. U.K. release: 10 June 1946. Australian release: 15 August 1946. 7 reels. 6,215 feet. 69 minutes. SYNOPSIS: Lake takes over the office in the boss&#39; absence and hires a former WAC (Orr). Predictable complications ensue which leave Lake and the WAC unemployed. The Bumsteads start their own business and soon Lake is back at his old job. NOTES: Number 17 of the 28-picture series. COMMENT: I tuned in on this one 30 minutes in, and I was glad I did, even though I did miss Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Frank Jenks and Charles Arnt who don&#39;t appear in the last 45 minutes at all. I can&#39;t imagine what Jenks and Arnt played, but when I tuned in, the story as usual was just getting started. With lots of explanatory dialogue for the benefit of latecomers like myself, I had absolutely no difficulty in immediately picking up the threads of the story, such as it is. The plot seemed even slighter than usual — and considerably less believable. Also production values were extremely tight with each scene elongated far beyond its natural running time, exaggerated and held-too-long reaction shots, a montage routine of neon lights and stock footage revolving around an iris of the romantic couple dancing — making do for a round of nightclubs, and only 3 or 4 small sets used for the entire 45 minutes. Miss Singleton was showing her age and the support cast was not particularly interesting; the sub-heroine was not bad looking but we saw very little of her; Mr. Lake seemed even more inept than usual due to the witlessness of his material; Paul Harvey is his usual shouting self as Butler Senior; and nice to see Ralph Dunn as the 1st Cop. Butler Junior is not badly played — we like the way he is introduced lounging in a chair, his feet up on the desk, his hat pulled way over his face and puffing a cigarette. This was the one bright touch in Abby Berlin&#39;s direction which seemed even less interesting than it was in his previous film&quot; Life With Blondie&quot;, making extensive use of superfluous reaction shots, dull medium close-ups and, like his predecessor Frank Strayer, eschewing reverse angles. Berlin&#39;s visual style is as dull, routine and unstylish as a series of amateur snapshots of mum and dad at home. Jonathan Hale makes his 2nd last appearance as Mr. Dithers and though he tries hard to warm up to the role he is still so obviously and glaringly miscast, it seems incredible that this was the 17th film in the series. So far as the last 45 minutes of the film are concerned, there is virtually no action — it is dialogue all the way and there is virtually no climax to speak of. Maybe they blew all the budget for this one on the first half-hour which I missed. The last 45 minutes must be one of the cheapest ever made for a series whose budgets, even by &quot;B&quot; standards, were never particularly high. P.S. I have now seen the first 30 minutes of this film. Production values are as minimal, the &quot;humor&quot; as witless, the direction as inept and the acting as jejeune as in the last 45 minutes.

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