Paris is Burning: 30 Years Later
Paris is Burning elevated drag and ballroom into the public consciousness and permanently impacted LGBT culture. However, the performers featured in the documentary didn't reap the rewards of their visibility.
Blondie for Victory (1942)
Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
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Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Karen DeWolf, Connie Lee
In Theaters:8/6/1942
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Runtime:71 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
Frank R. Strayer
Director
Penny Singleton
Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake
Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Larry Simms
Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
Majelle White
Cookie Bumstead
Daisy
Daisy
Stuart Erwin
Pvt. Herschel Smith
Jonathan Hale
J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert
Alvin Fuddle
Edward Gargan
Sergeant
Jean Inness
Housewife of America
Eddie Acuff
Husband Whose Wife Knits Socks (uncredited)
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