It's a Great Life (Movie)
1943 / Director: Frank R. Strayer / Avg Rating: 7.5 out of 10
When the profits of their various film series began slumping in the mid-1940s, Columbia Pictures tried to broaden the appeal of these films by disguing the fact that they were indeed series entries. Thus it was that Columbia's 13th "Blondie" picture was shipped out as It's a Great Life. The comic confusion begins when Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake), intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. Before the film's 75 minutes have run their course, Dagwood gets mixed up in a fox hunt. But Blondie (Penny Singleton) saves the day as usual, with the help of eccentric millionaire Timothy Brewster (Hugh Herbert). After It's a Great Life and #14 "Footlight Glamour", Columbia restored the name "Blondie" to the titles of all subesequent installments in this long-running comedy series.
- Footlight Glamour (1943) (Movie) (8)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Irving Bacon...Mr. Crumb
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle - Blondie (1938) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie
Arthur Lake...Dagwood
Larry Simms...Baby Dumpling
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...Mr. Dithers
Danny Mummert...Alvin
Irving Bacon...Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Irving Bacon...Mailman
- Blondie Goes Latin (1941) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Irving Bacon...Mailman (uncredited)
- Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Baby Dumpling
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Irving Bacon...Mailman
- Blondie Knows Best (1946) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Blondie Meets the Boss (1939) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms...Baby Bumstead
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithars
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Daisy...Daisy
Irving Bacon...1st Mailman (uncredited)
- Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) (Movie) (7)
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
- Blondie in Society (1941) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Irving Bacon...Mailman
- Blondie in the Dough (1947) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Hugh Herbert...Liewellyn Simmons
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle - Blondie's Blessed Event (1942) (Movie) (7)
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...Mr. Crumb
- Leave It to Blondie (1945) (Movie) (7)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Beware of Blondie (1950) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Daisy...Daisy
- Blondie Goes to College (1942) (Movie) (6)
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
Larry Simms...Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Baby Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Irving Bacon...Mailman
- Blondie for Victory (1942) (Movie) (6)
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
- Blondie on a Budget (1940) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Baby Dumpling Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Irving Bacon...Mailman
- Blondie's Big Deal (1949) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Daisy...Daisy
- Blondie's Big Moment (1947) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Blondie's Hero (1950) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
- Blondie's Lucky Day (1946) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
- Blondie's Reward (1948) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
- Blondie's Secret (1948) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Danny Mummert...Alvin Fuddle
Daisy...Daisy
- Life with Blondie (1945) (Movie) (6)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
Jonathan Hale...J.C. Dithers
- Blondie's Anniversary (1947) (Movie) (5)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
Daisy...Daisy
- Blondie's Holiday (1947) (Movie) (4)
Penny Singleton...Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake...Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms...Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie...Cookie Bumstead
- It's Showtime (1976) (Movie) (4)
Daisy...Daisy (archive footage)
Arthur Lake...
Larry Simms...
Penny Singleton...
- Big Town Girl (1937) (Movie) (3)
Alan Dinehart...Larry Edwards
Irving Bacon...Gas Station Attendant
Jonathan Hale...Hershell - The First Hundred Years (1938) (Movie) (3)
Alan Dinehart...Samuel Z. Walker
Jonathan Hale...Judge Parker
Irving Bacon...Wilkins
- A Star Is Born (1937) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Station Agent (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale...Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
- Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Himself
Penny Singleton...Herself
- Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Detective Hank Slade
Alan Dinehart...Therme Roberts
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...George Chester
Jonathan Hale...Warren Fenton
- China Clipper (1936) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale...State Department Official (uncredited)
- Danger - Love at Work (1937) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...Allan Duncan, attorney
Jonathan Hale...Parsons, an attorney
- Duffy of San Quentin (1954) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Doc Sorin
Jonathan Hale...Boyd
- Exiled to Shanghai (1937) (Movie) (2)
Jonathan Hale...J.B. Willet
Arthur Lake...Bud
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943) (Movie) (2)
Douglas Leavitt...Monty King
Danny Mummert...Boy - Hard to Get (1938) (Movie) (2)
Penny Singleton...Hattie
Irving Bacon...Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (Movie) (2)
Danny Mummert...Little Marty Hatch
Larry Simms...The Bailey Child - Pete
- James Stewart's Wonderful Life (1988) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...(archive footage)
Larry Simms...(archive footage)
- Kansas Pacific (1953) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Casey
Jonathan Hale...Sherman Johnson
- Lawyer Man (1932) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...Granville Bentley
Irving Bacon...Court Guard (uncredited)
- Marry the Girl (1937) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...John B. Radway
Irving Bacon...Happy Elmer
- Men Are Such Fools (1938) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Harvey C. Bates
Penny Singleton...Nancy Crowel Turkel
- Million Dollar Legs (1932) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Secretary of the Treasury
Irving Bacon...Secretary of War (uncredited)
- One Way to Love (1946) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Eustace P. Trumble
Irving Bacon...Train Conductor
- Page Miss Glory (1935) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Waiter (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale...Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
- Private Affairs (1940) (Movie) (2)
Hugh Herbert...Angus McPherson
Jonathan Hale...George Gilkin
- Racket Busters (1938) (Movie) (2)
Penny Singleton...Gladys Christie
Irving Bacon...Counter Man (uncredited)
- Redheads on Parade (1935) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...George Magnus
Irving Bacon...Entwhistle (uncredited)
- Second Fiddle (1939) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...George Whitney
Irving Bacon...Harvey Vaughan
- Tail Spin (1939) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Jonathan Hale...Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
- The Happy Years (1950) (Movie) (2)
Danny Mummert..."Butsey" White
Irving Bacon...Mr. Conover
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938) (Movie) (2)
Penny Singleton...Frances Glesk
Irving Bacon...Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy (1968) (Movie) (2)
Penny Singleton...Blondie (archival footage)
Arthur Lake...Dagwood (archival footage)
- The Singing Kid (1936) (Movie) (2)
Irving Bacon...Maine Driver (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale...Dr. Brown (uncredited)
- There Goes My Heart (1938) (Movie) (2)
Arthur Lake...Flash Fisher
Irving Bacon...Mr. Dobbs
- This Is My Affair (1937) (Movie) (2)
Alan Dinehart...Doc Keller
Jonathan Hale...Judge
- Topper (1937) (Movie) (2)
Arthur Lake...Elevator Boy / Bellboy
Irving Bacon...Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Vogues of 1938 (1937) (Movie) (2)
Penny Singleton...Miss Violet Sims
Irving Bacon...Curson - Accountant
