Blondie in the Dough

Most of the Blondie and Dagwood films are poorly named...as if a random title was slapped onto the movies. However, this one is perfectly named as Blondie goes into the cookie business and does quite well. As for Dagwood, he does everything wrong and yet, somehow, by the end everything is fine....just like Curious George.

When the film begins, Mr. Radcliffe is trying to sign a very grouchy radio station owner to build a larger station. Not surprisingly, during this golf game/business meeting Dagwood is a menace...and the station owner is clearly a short-tempered jerk. After a while, not surprisingly, Dagwood manages to get himself fired (what else is new???) but instead of trying to get his job back, he takes a correspondence course to become a radio engineer. Not surprisingly, this ends up causing all sorts of trouble with the station and Blondie's new business. So how is all this sorted out by the end?

A very enjoyable outing. A starring guest is Hugh Herbert, a supporting actor who can either be quite annoying or delightful. Fortunately, he is the latter this time. Also enjoyable is Clarence Kolb, as the perennially angry station owner. Overall, a nice film...and one of the better ones in the series.