Blondie’s Big Deal
2003. BLONDIE’S BIG DEAL (1949-USA). WITH PENNY SINGLETON, ARTHUR LAKE. AN AMUSÂING ENTRY IN THE POPULAR SERIES FEATURING LAKE AS THE LIKABLE DOLTISH DAGWOOD BUMSTEAD AND SINGLETON AS HIS EVER CHEERFUL AND RESOURCEFUL WIFE BLONDIE. HERE, DAGWOOD HAS SPENT MONTHS MIXING CHEMICALS ON TOP Of BLONDIE’S KITCHEN STOVE. THE RESULT Of HIS LABORS IS A FIRE-REPELLENT PAINT, WHICH DAGWOOD SUCCESSFULLY TESTS. DAGWOOD WORKS FOR G.M. RADCLIFFE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. SURELY RADCLIFFE WILL BE ANXIOUS TO USE THE PAINT ON ALL HIS PROJECTS. THE FICKLE AND EASILY FLUSTERED BOSS AT FIRST CHIDES DAGWOOD, DECLARING THAT THE PAINT IS NOTHING MORE THAN ANOTHER Of HIS EMPLOYEE’S “CRACKPOT IDEAS.” DAGWOOD IS DETERMINED TO PROVE THAT HE HAS IN FACT INVENTED A PAINT THAT WILL NOT BURN. HE COERCES RADCLIFFE INTO AGREEING TO TRY IT OUT ON THE LATTER’S FISHING COTTAGE. ONLY TROUBLE IS RADCLIFFE’S ADVERSARIES AT A RIVAL CONSTRUCTION OUTFIT SCHEME TO SHANGHAI THE DEMONSTRATION. THE OUTCOME Of ALL THIS IS A BUCKÂET-FULL Of COMICAL SITUATIONS. IN THE END, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IT WILL BE THE EVER-MAGNIFICENT BLONDIE TO THE RESCUE! 67 MINUTES. COMEDY