Blondie Movies: Blondie Brings Up Baby (United States, 1939)


Figure 1.-- Here we see Baby Dumpling played by Larry Lee Simms (1934- ) with Dagwood in "Blondie Brings Up Baby" Blondie is covinced that Baby Dumpling is a genious. He takes off at school to find Daisy and gets un a fight.

As Always Dagwood's life proves complicated. At home, a persuasive book salesman (Olin Howlin) manages to sell Blondie a set of books on child training. He has sold her on the idea that Baby Dumpling is a child prodigy. At work, Dagwood is of course having trouble with his tyranical boss--J.C. Dithers, Dagwood has made changes in an apartment building the company is building for Abner Cartwright (Robert Middlemass). Dithers as usual threatens to fire him. Dagwood to save his job has to sell on the changes. This proves difficult because Cartwright is using the changes as an excuse to get out of the contract. Blondie registers Baby Dumpling in school. Daisy who comes along is nabbed by the dog catcher. Daisy is quickly adopted by Melinda Mason (Peggy Ann Garner) who is the crippled daughter of a weathy man. Baby Dumpling is distraught. The following day he plays hooky to look for Daisy. When Blondie learns that Baby Dumpling is not at school, she and Dagwood conclude that he has been kidnapped. Melinda by this time is also missing and was seen playing with a little boy and dog. Dagwood takes off for the Mason mansion where he is arrested as a suspected kidnapper. Baby Dumpling wears short pants outfits.






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