The best Arthur Lake’s movies

Arthur Lake

Arthur Lake

16/04/1905- 09/01/1987
Today we present the best Arthur Lake’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Arthur Lake’s movies.
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Topper

Topper
7.2/10
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Blondie

Blondie
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/11/1938
  • Character: Dagwood
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.

Blondie Goes Latin

Blondie Goes Latin
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/02/1941
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
The 8th film in the Blondie series - Blondie Goes Latin. Mr. Dithers invites the Bumstead's on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers.

Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Meets the Boss
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/03/1939
  • Character: Dagwood Bumstead
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.

There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/10/1938
  • Character: Flash Fisher
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

On with the Show!

On with the Show!
5.8/10
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?

It's Showtime

It's Showtime
6.2/10
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

Lilac Time

Lilac Time
6.5/10
In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome newcomer who is already engaged.

Blondie Goes to College

Blondie Goes to College
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/01/1942
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Number 10 in the Blondie series, Blondie Goes to College is predicated on the notion that Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie (Penny Singleton) enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair) begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks) does same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too. The student body at this particular seat of learning is comprised of quite a few familiar faces, including Lloyd Bridges, Sid Melton, and Adele Mara.

Double Danger

Double Danger
5.7/10
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.

Annapolis Salute

Annapolis Salute
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 10/09/1937
  • Character: Cuthbert "Tex" Clemens
Director Christy Cabanne's 1937 film about cadets at Annapolis stars James Ellison, Van Heflin and Arthur Lake.

Indiscreet

Indiscreet
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/05/1931
  • Character: Buster Collins
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Harold Teen

Harold Teen
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/04/1928
  • Character: Harold Teen
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.

Blondie in the Dough

Blondie in the Dough
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/10/1947
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Blondie #21: Blondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series based on the popular comic strip. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.

Blondie in Society

Blondie in Society
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/07/1941
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show. A highlight of this film is the canine burping display.

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Blondie Takes a Vacation
6.8/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedy
  • Release: 20/07/1939
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.

The Silver Streak

The Silver Streak
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1934
  • Character: Crawford
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.

Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/02/1940
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Blondie's Hero

Blondie's Hero
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/03/1950
  • Character: Dagwood Bumstead
Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of problems which lead to numerous conflicts.

Beware of Blondie

Beware of Blondie
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/04/1950
  • Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
After 12 years and 28 films, Columbia's Blondie series came to a close with 1950's Beware of Blondie. Mr. Dithers leaving Dagwood (Arthur Lake) in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to gum things up when he falls for a confidence scam engineered by the duplicitous Toby Clifton (Adele Jergens). He even finds himself in a compromising position that seriously endangers his future connubial happiness with wife Blondie (Penny Singleton). Once again, it's up to Blondie to straighten out the mess. Mr. Dithers is played by an uncredited Edward Earle, who is seen only from the back; Earle's voice is dubbed over with an old recording of Jonathan Hale, the series' original Dithers.

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