Blondie on a Budget [SEP] cast member
Blondie on a Budget
Blondie on a Budget is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake and Rita Hayworth. It was the fifth entry into the long-running Blondie series of films, which ran between 1938 and 1950.
Synopsis.
Blondie Bumstead is having trouble balancing the family budget, particularly as she wants to buy a new fur coat. Her husband Dagwood also needs money for the membership fee of a fishing club he wants to join. Blondie becomes jealous
recording of the Blondie song "Union City Blue". Reichert also cast singer Pat Benatar, soon to make a mainstream breakthrough in the pop charts, in a featured role. Deborah Harry's partner and fellow Blondie member Chris Stein performed the film's original score. 
The short story written by Cornell Woolrich had been set in the 1930s but Reichert relocated it to 1953 as he felt the period offered greater psychological possibilities for his interpretation of the material. With the encouragement of the film's originating producer Monty Montgomery, he