Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Larry Simms (Baby Dumpling), Majelle White (Cookie), Stuart Erwin (Herschel Smith), Jonathan Hale (J. C. Dithers), Danny Mummert (Alvin Fuddle), Renie Riano (Miss Clabber), Harrison Greene (Mr Green), Charles Wagenheim (hoarder), Sylvia Field (Mrs Williams), Georgia Backus (Mrs Jones), Edward Gargan (sergeant), Almira Sessions (neighbor), Don Beddoe (Fuddle), Dewey Robinson (neighbor), Russell Hicks (colonel), Eddie Acuff (neighbor), Irving Bacon (Mr Crumb, ex-mailman), and "Daisy".
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Karen DeWolf, Connie Lee. Story: Fay Kanin. Based on characters created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Al Clark. Art director: Lionel Banks. Music composed by John Leipold, directed by Morris W. Stoloff. Music associate: Jerome Pycha Jr. Producer: Robert Sparks. Copyright 1 August 1942 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 6 August 1942. Australian release: 10 June 1943. 8 reels. 6,540 feet. 72 minutes.
U.K. release title: TROUBLES THROUGH BILLETS.
SYNOPSIS: In her patriotic efforts on the home front, Blondie neglects house and husband.
NOTES: Number 12 of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: The 12th film in the series — and one of the worst! The story is thin, the propaganda dated, the dialogue tedious, the acting strained, the direction lethargic, the film editing inept, the art direction uninspired, and production values below par. Even my favorite joke about dog-food fails to work in this unhappy picture.
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Karen DeWolf, Connie Lee. Story: Fay Kanin. Based on characters created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Al Clark. Art director: Lionel Banks. Music composed by John Leipold, directed by Morris W. Stoloff. Music associate: Jerome Pycha Jr. Producer: Robert Sparks. Copyright 1 August 1942 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 6 August 1942. Australian release: 10 June 1943. 8 reels. 6,540 feet. 72 minutes.
U.K. release title: TROUBLES THROUGH BILLETS.
SYNOPSIS: In her patriotic efforts on the home front, Blondie neglects house and husband.
NOTES: Number 12 of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: The 12th film in the series — and one of the worst! The story is thin, the propaganda dated, the dialogue tedious, the acting strained, the direction lethargic, the film editing inept, the art direction uninspired, and production values below par. Even my favorite joke about dog-food fails to work in this unhappy picture.