Baby Dumpling???
BRIAN&KATHY
James L. Neibaur
anniversary of It's a Wonderful Life (along with the other kids in that film).
Marjorie Kent (aka Marjorie Ann Mutchie) is also still with us.
Both have been subjects in Richard Lamparski's "Whatever Became Of..." books.
I interviewed Arthur Lake in 1980 and the person whom he wondered about was
Danny Mummert, who played Alvin in the series. Although cast as a little brat,
Danny was, according to Lake, a great kid. He wondered what had become of him,
but Danny remains a lost player.
Also, a bit of trivia, Lake stated that the same dog played Daisy for the
entire run of the 1937-1950 film series.
JN
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Ken Carriere
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> Larry Simms is living -- he was pictured in a 1996 issue of PEOPLE for the
50th
> anniversary of It's a Wonderful Life (along with the other kids in that
film).
>
was
> Danny Mummert, who played Alvin in the series. Although cast as a little
brat,
> Danny was, according to Lake, a great kid. He wondered what had become of
him,
> but Danny remains a lost player.
Danny Mummert was *also* in It's A Wonderful Life. I wonder if they cast it
just by going around the movie lot grabbing kids as they came across them.
--Ken
James L. Neibaur
>it
>just by going around the movie lot grabbing kids as they came across them.
He certainly was -- he played Marty Hatch as a kid in the sledding sequence.
The article in PEOPLE, however, dealt with those children who played the Bailey
offspring, thus including Larry Simms.
gjw
<BRUN...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>The kids from the old Blondie & Dagwood movies are they still alive???
Hell, "Blondie" herself is still alive! Penny Singleton is around 93
by now, but a few years back she was still doing the voice of Jane in
"The Jetsons" movie.
And yes, "Baby Dumpling" (Larry SImms) is alive. He's only about 67
now. He was in just about all of the "Blondie" movies. He was only 4
years old when the series started, and was about 16 by the time he
made the last "Blondie" film.
And did you ever notice that although there were about 25 Dagwood and
Blondie movies made, and although Dagwood Bumstead played just as
important a role as Blondie Bumstead, his name was almost never
mentioned in the films' titles? It was "Blondie Brings Up Baby" or
"Blondie Plays Cupid" or "Blondie Goes to College"... No wonder poor
Arthur Lake died first... ;)
Incidentally, Arthur is buried in the same small mausoleum as William
Randolph Hearst's mistress, Marion Davies (his aunt), next to the
large lake at Hollywood Forever cemetery. I like to say that Marion
is buried next to two "Lakes"...
Gary
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James L. Neibaur
>Hell, "Blondie" herself is still alive! Penny Singleton is around 93
>by now, but a few years back she was still doing the voice of Jane in
>"The Jetsons" movie.
There are conflicting birth dates on her. Some say 1911, others say 1908. The
earlier one is usually correct.
>And yes, "Baby Dumpling" (Larry SImms) is alive. He's only about 67
>now. He was in just about all of the "Blondie" movies.
He was in all of them.
>And did you ever notice that although there were about 25 Dagwood and
>Blondie movies made, and although Dagwood Bumstead played just as
>important a role as Blondie Bumstead, his name was almost never
>mentioned in the films' titles?
Absolutely never. Not once. Edward Bernds, who wrote and directed many of the
films, stated that Lake and Singleton were so competitive, they would actually
count how many lines of dialog each got in the script. If one had three more
than the other, it was war time. And there were exactly 28 movies in the
series.
>Incidentally, Arthur is buried in the same small mausoleum as William
>Randolph Hearst's mistress, Marion Davies (his aunt)
No, she wasn't his aunt. His wife, Alice, who died only a couple of years ago,
was Hearst and Davies' love child. She was brought up by Davies' sister and
considered WR and Marion her aunt and uncle. The truth did not come out until
her obit, in which her son revealed that her birth parents were, indeed, Marion
and WR.
Trivia: Shirley Deane (1913-1983) was cast as Blondie originally, but was
fired before production started on the first film. Arthur Lake told me during
a 1980 interview, "She was very good, I thought. But when she scolded Dagwood
she looked too mean. Penny made it more of a cute mad."
I think Penny was, at the time, married to Blondie director Frank Strayer. Not
sure about that one.
Also -- Jonathan Hale (1891-1966), who played Dithers in the first few films,
left the series after demanding more money. He was replaced by Jerome Cowan
(1897-1972), who played Radcliffe. Lake felt "it was a real blow to the
series. I didnt think Cowan was nearly as believable as Hale." Jonathan Hale,
who remained active, albeit in small roles, in films and on TV until around
1964 or so, committed suicide at the Motion Picture Country Home. According to
Home officials, he had been depressed for some time.
gjw
wrote:
>>And did you ever notice that although there were about 25 Dagwood and
>>Blondie movies made, and although Dagwood Bumstead played just as
>>important a role as Blondie Bumstead, his name was almost never
>>mentioned in the films' titles?
>
>Absolutely never. Not once.
Well, almost. According to the IMDb, the alternate title of 1943's
"It's a Great Life" was "Blondie & Dagwood: It's a Great Life."
According to Leonard Maltin, that title was used for the video
release.
>>Incidentally, Arthur is buried in the same small mausoleum as William
>>Randolph Hearst's mistress, Marion Davies (his aunt)
>
>No, she wasn't his aunt.
That surprises me. I had always heard that Arthur Lake was her nephew.
Looks like I should have put a bit more research into that one. From
what I've been able to find out with a quick web scan. Your version
looks to be true. The only differing opinion seems to be the IMDb
entry for Arthur Lake, which states "Nephew of Marion Davies." But we
all know that the IMDb is far from infallible.
James L. Neibaur
>"It's a Great Life" was "Blondie & Dagwood: It's a Great Life."
>According to Leonard Maltin, that title was used for the video
>release.
Excellent trivia. I didnt know that. Thanks for the info.
Brad Ferguson
Neibaur <jimn...@aol.combatant> wrote:
> >According to the IMDb, the alternate title of 1943's
> >"It's a Great Life" was "Blondie & Dagwood: It's a Great Life."
> >According to Leonard Maltin, that title was used for the video
> >release.
>
> Excellent trivia. I didnt know that. Thanks for the info.
>
> JN
Here are all 28 Blondie films:
Blondie (1938)
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Blondie In Society (1941)
Blondie for Victory (1942)
Blondie Goes to College (1942)
Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
Footlight Glamour (1943)
It's a Great Life (1943)
Leave It to Blondie (1945)
Life With Blondie (1946)
Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
Blondie Knows Best (1946)
Blondie's Big Moment (1947)
Blondie's Holiday (1947)
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
Blondie's Reward (1948)
Blondie's Secret (1948)
Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949)
Beware of Blondie (1950)
Blondie's Hero (1950)
Note that there are only two films without Blondie's name in the title,
and there's no knowing why. (These days they'd all have titles like
"Blondie XXV: The Revenge of Blondie" or something.) Also, this list
is not quite in order of release, but it's not worth the time to sort
it all out.
James L. Neibaur
>and there's no knowing why
The two films of 1943 could not use character names in the titles due to a
situation with King Features which owned the comic strip rights. After the
1943 films, the series ended. Things worked out after a year of negotiations,
and the series resumed at the end of 1945.
I have re-sorted the film list you provided so that they now appear in order of
release. I also added names of interesting supporting players for each title.
>Blondie (1938)
Gene Lockhart
>Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
>Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
>Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
Peggy Ann Garner
>Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Rita Hayworth
>Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
>Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Glenn Ford
>Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Kirby "Sky King" Grant, Janet Burston of Our Gang
>Blondie In Society (1941)
William Frawley (also in two others)
>Blondie for Victory (1942)
>Blondie Goes to College (1942)
Lloyd Bridges, Larry Parks, Janet Blair
>Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
Hans Conried
>Footlight Glamour (1943)
Ann Savage
>It's a Great Life (1943)
>Leave It to Blondie (1945)
>Life With Blondie (1946)
>Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
>Blondie Knows Best (1946)
Shemp Howard
>Blondie's Big Moment (1947)
>Blondie's Holiday (1947)
>Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Hugh Herbert
>Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
>Blondie's Reward (1948)
>Blondie's Secret (1948)
>Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
>Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949)
Ann Carter from Curse Of The Cat People
>Beware of Blondie (1950)
>Blondie's Hero (1950)
JN
Nell
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>Dagwood got a sandwich named after him. Fair enough.
>
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And therein lies immortality!
Nell
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MadCow57
Who was the original Reuben?
Brad Ferguson
<madc...@aol.com> wrote:
> >Dagwood got a sandwich named after him. Fair enough.<
>
> Who was the original Reuben?
The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
R. Kane
<thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
>He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
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Bobb Waller
wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:19:12 -0500, Brad Ferguson
><thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
>
>>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
>>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
>>He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
>
>No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
NO it was Hillel who first instructed his students to make a sandwich.
about 400 A.D. I think.
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> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 03:41:55 -0600, R. Kane <calt...@newsguy.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:19:12 -0500, Brad Ferguson
> ><thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
> >
> >>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
> >>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
> >>He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
> >
> >No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
>
> NO it was Hillel who first instructed his students to make a sandwich.
> about 400 A.D. I think.
That was two cheese pizzas face to face.
It doesn't count as a sandwich as there was no mayo on it.
--
Brian
R. Kane
wrote:
>>>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
>>>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
>>>He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
>>
>>No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
>
>NO it was Hillel who first instructed his students to make a sandwich.
>about 400 A.D. I think.
The resource I previously checked stated the Earl of Sandwich did it
which is what I'd learned decades ago. Since I wasn't familiar with
Hillel's alleged involvement in this development, forwarded below is
what I found on one website just now. Apparently, the Earl still gets
credit for inventing the sandwich although Hillel was instrumental in
having created one sooner but got no long-standing credit for it.
SANDWICH HISTORY TIMELINE:
1 C.E. (circa) - Rabbi Hillel (70 B.C.E. - 10 C.E.), citing Numbers
9:11 as precedent, creates a matzoh and horseradish sandwich (an
unleavened proto-sandwich).
1763 - Earl of Sandwich (1718 -1792) invents the sandwich.
1928 - Pre-sliced bread invented in St. Louis.
1941 (circa) - First written mention of the peanut butter and jelly
sandwich.
Brian Watson
"R. Kane" <calt...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:38:38 -0600, Bobb Waller <bbwa...@airmail.net>
> wrote:
>
> >>>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
> >>>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.
> >>>He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
> >>
> >>No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
> >
> >NO it was Hillel who first instructed his students to make a sandwich.
> >about 400 A.D. I think.
>
> The resource I previously checked stated the Earl of Sandwich did it
> which is what I'd learned decades ago. Since I wasn't familiar with
> Hillel's alleged involvement in this development, forwarded below is
> what I found on one website just now. Apparently, the Earl still gets
> credit for inventing the sandwich although Hillel was instrumental in
> having created one sooner but got no long-standing credit for it.
>
> SANDWICH HISTORY TIMELINE:
>
> 1 C.E. (circa) - Rabbi Hillel (70 B.C.E. - 10 C.E.), citing Numbers
> 9:11 as precedent, creates a matzoh and horseradish sandwich (an
> unleavened proto-sandwich).
>
> 1763 - Earl of Sandwich (1718 -1792) invents the sandwich.
>
> 1928 - Pre-sliced bread invented in St. Louis.
Remind me, what was the "greatest thing" *before* that?
--
Brian
MadCow57
>>Remind me, what was the "greatest thing" *before* that?<< -- Brian
Apple trees in the Garden of Eden?
R. Kane
<br...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> 1928 - Pre-sliced bread invented in St. Louis.
>
>Remind me, what was the "greatest thing" *before* that?
The drazey hoop?
sighmoan
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:07:16 -0000, "Brian Watson"
> <br...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> 1928 - Pre-sliced bread invented in St. Louis.
> >
> >Remind me, what was the "greatest thing" *before* that?
>
> The drazey hoop?
Er, yes, they "whir" the greatest thing.
Tee hee hee
R. Kane
<inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> >> 1928 - Pre-sliced bread invented in St. Louis.
>> >
>> >Remind me, what was the "greatest thing" *before* that?
>>
>> The drazey hoop?
>
>Er, yes, they "whir" the greatest thing.
I don't now how a hoop and a stick could provide hours of
entertainment, but, everything was simpler back then.
I discovered something interesting yesterday. I thought rollerblades
were a new invention of the past several decades. Check out the image
on the webpage for the address below:
http://www.harpweek.com/8UniqueAdvantages/InterestAndEnjoyment/InterestAndEnjoyment.htm
sighmoan
> I discovered something interesting yesterday. I thought rollerblades
> were a new invention of the past several decades. Check out the image
> on the webpage for the address below:
>
>
http://www.harpweek.com/8UniqueAdvantages/InterestAndEnjoyment/InterestAndEn
joyment.htm
Well I'll be damned....I wonder how long it took for someone to have the
bright idea of putting two rows of wheels on each skate to improve
stability. It's a bit startling to realize that what that manufacturer
considered a great step forward has been replaced by what would have been
considered a dangerous step back.
I apologize in advance for those "step"s, BTW.
Thanks for the link to the old Harper's Weekly material. If I had my way (or
if we did these things the way they're done in many nations), Thomas Nast's
portrait would be on the $10 dollar bill.
--Simon
sighmoan at sirius dot com
Nell
Or to go back to the circular: Everything that goes around, comes around.
Matthew Hubbard
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 03:41:55 -0600, R. Kane <calt...@newsguy.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:19:12 -0500, Brad Ferguson
> ><thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
> >
> >>The way I heard it -- and don't take this to the bank -- is that the
> >>original Reuben was Reuben Katz, of Katz's Delicatessen in
> >>Manhattan. He's supposed to have invented the sandwich.
> >
> >No, it was the Earl who invented the sandwich. :)
>
> NO it was Hillel who first instructed his students to make a sandwich.
> about 400 A.D. I think.
The famous Rabbi Hillel precedes Jesus by a few decades, his life
starting in the First Century B.C. and ending in the First Century A.D.;
other Jews have been named in honor of him ever since, but if you just
type "Hillel", it's kind of like just typing "Einstein"; almost everyone
will assume you mean the most famous person with this name.
MattH