Blondie Brings Up Baby
“Baby Goes To School... And You Go Into Stitches!”
Synopsis
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate
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Edited by Otto MeyerShot by Henry Freulich
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Cast & Crew
47 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Peggy Ann Garner
as Melinda Mason
Robert Middlemass
as Abner Cartwright
Olin Howland
as Encyclopedia Salesman
Fay Helm
as Mrs. Fuddle
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms
as Alexander 'Baby Dumpling' Bumstead
Daisy
as Daisy
Danny Mummert
as Alvin Fuddle
Jonathan Hale
as J.C. Dithers
Roy Gordon
as Mr. Mason
Grace Stafford
as Miss White
Supporting cast
27Helen Jerome Eddy
as Miss Ferguson
Irving Bacon
as Mailman
Eugene Anderson Jr
as Paperboy (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
as Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Willie Best
as Hotel Janitor (uncredited)
Stanley Brown
as Dithers' Employee Reading Note (uncredited)
Mary Jane Carey
as Mary (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
Richard Fiske
as Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
Madelon Grey
as Governess (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Police Capt. James (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
Milburn Morante
as Man Directing Postman (uncredited)
David Newell
as Tall Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
Joe Palma
as 2nd Dogcatcher (uncredited)
Sally Payne
as Young Woman (uncredited)
Victor Potel
as Lars (uncredited)
Ed Randolph
as 3rd Dogcatcher (uncredited)
Jack Rice
as Detective with Mason (uncredited)
Betty Roadman
as Motherly Woman (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
as Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Bailiff (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as 1st Dogcatcher (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman
as Radio Police Officer (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
as Police Judge (uncredited)
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