tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post1340490779149445607..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Blondie Has Servant Trouble - 1940Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-75998686165795782332010-05-24T10:18:20.767-04:002010-05-24T10:18:20.767-04:00Hey, gang, I'm so pleased see all these Penny ...Hey, gang, I'm so pleased see all these Penny Singleton fans. Ivan, that was a lovely tribute, thanks so much for the link. (Gotta see "Hard to Get".)<br /><br />My gosh, Caftan Woman, you're right! They forgot Charles Lane! THE Charles Lane! That went right by me at the time, and I revere him as a god. Sort of. Maybe it's just a crush. Jeez. Charles Lane, my hero, banished to Oscar oblivion. I need chocolate.<br /><br />Raquelle, they're on DVD? Hooray. So much for "Blondie" being banished to oblivion. As Yosemite Sam used to say, "That'll learn 'em."Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-35166520133716543312010-05-24T08:36:53.778-04:002010-05-24T08:36:53.778-04:00I have seen Penny often in "After the Thin Ma...I have seen Penny often in "After the Thin Man", and also in "Boy Meets Girl" and "The Mad Miss Manton". I have never in all my life seen any of the fabled "Blondie" movies. Through ill-fortune our paths have never crossed. I feel like a great gap in my movie viewing has yet to be filled.<br /><br />When we get around to the parlour game, in both Charles Lane and Bruce Bennett passed in 2007. Movie legends who reached the century mark in age somehow forgotten by the Academy devoted to their profession.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-79041862451105928132010-05-24T08:27:14.565-04:002010-05-24T08:27:14.565-04:00Banished from official recognition perhaps, but no...<i>Banished from official recognition perhaps, but not forgotten by us.</i><br /><br />Amen to that. We hold Ms. Singleton in extremely high regard over at <i>Thrilling Days of Yesteryear</i> as well...at the time of her passing, I was getting quite a few hits because I was one of the few individuals who <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0003139/2003/11/14.html#a28" rel="nofollow">honored her with an obit</a>.<br /><br />Three non-<i>Blondie</i> movies stand out on Penny's resume: <b>After the Thin Man</b> (1936), <b>Hard to Get</b> (1938; she's hysterical as a family maid who impersonates daughter Olivia de Havilland) and <b>Go West, Young Lady</b> (1941), a comedy-western romp directed by <i>Blondie</i> auteur Frank Strayer.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-3484297832442504282010-05-24T07:51:04.358-04:002010-05-24T07:51:04.358-04:00I love Penny Singleton when she was Dorothy McNult...I love Penny Singleton when she was Dorothy McNulty and I'm so glad that the Blondie films are now available on DVD. Im excited to see them. And you are so right, they don't crank em out like they used to.Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.com