Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Larry Simms (Baby Dumpling), Norma Jean Wayne (Cookie), Jonathan Hale (J. C. Dithers), Danny Mummert (Alvin Fuddle), Hans Conried (George Wickley), Stanley Brown (Ollie), Irving Bacon (Mr Crumb), Mary Wickes (Sarah Miller), Paul Harvey (William Lawrence), Dorothy Ann Seese (little girl), Arthur O'Connell (intern), Don Barclay (waiter), and "Daisy", Olin Howland, Eileen O'Hearn.
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Connie Lee, Karen DeWolf, Richard Flournoy. Based on characters created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Lionel Banks. Music associate: Jerome Pycha Jr. Music director: Morris W. Stoloff. Producer: Robert Sparks.
Copyright 9 April 1942 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 9 April 1942. Australian release: 31 December 1942. 8 reels. 6,360 feet. 70 minutes . U.K. release title: BUNDLE OF TROUBLE.
SYNOPSIS: "Cookie".
NOTES: Number 11 of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: One would think the writers had everything going for them in this film: Blondie gives birth to a baby, Daisy has quintuplets, and Baby Dumpling changes his name to Alexander.
With all this working for them, screenwriters Connie Lee, Karen DeWolf and Richard Flournoy were still unable to work up an interesting screenplay. So they threw in a tedious playwright (Hans Conried) and a lot of forced humor about storks. The only good gag is the guy telling Bumstead about bills "up to here!"
The rest is all very slackly directed and edited. Production values are minimal. This is easily the number one disappointment in the entire series. Don't bother to watch it! How it managed to get a rating of "7" really amazes me!
Director: FRANK R. STRAYER. Screenplay: Connie Lee, Karen DeWolf, Richard Flournoy. Based on characters created by Chic Young. Photography: Henry Freulich. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Lionel Banks. Music associate: Jerome Pycha Jr. Music director: Morris W. Stoloff. Producer: Robert Sparks.
Copyright 9 April 1942 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 9 April 1942. Australian release: 31 December 1942. 8 reels. 6,360 feet. 70 minutes . U.K. release title: BUNDLE OF TROUBLE.
SYNOPSIS: "Cookie".
NOTES: Number 11 of the 28-picture series.
COMMENT: One would think the writers had everything going for them in this film: Blondie gives birth to a baby, Daisy has quintuplets, and Baby Dumpling changes his name to Alexander.
With all this working for them, screenwriters Connie Lee, Karen DeWolf and Richard Flournoy were still unable to work up an interesting screenplay. So they threw in a tedious playwright (Hans Conried) and a lot of forced humor about storks. The only good gag is the guy telling Bumstead about bills "up to here!"
The rest is all very slackly directed and edited. Production values are minimal. This is easily the number one disappointment in the entire series. Don't bother to watch it! How it managed to get a rating of "7" really amazes me!