Product Description

Feature 1-blondie feature 2-blondie meets the boss feature 3-blondie takes a vacation feature 4-blondie brings up baby feature 5-blondie on a budget. Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 04/20/2004 Starring: Penny Singleton Larry Simms Run time: 360 minutes Director: Frank R Strayer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27302 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-02-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 72 minutes

Customer Reviews

Avoid and wait for a studio release
Don't take a chance on these discs as I did...wait for a studio release of the movies instead.

Platinum has done the type of job which could be expected of them...poor.

First, the transfer was made, not with the original films, but with the syndicated television versions of later years. Thus, each movie starts with excerpts from the movie to follow, and then with the King Features Syndicate opening credit sequence.

The picture on these transfers are muted grays. Never do any of the blacks look black, or whites look white.

WORST OF ALL, concerning the video portion....Platinum has elected to place a company logo "bug" in the lower right hand corner...just the type of nonsense that one buys DVD's to avoid!!!!

The sound is equally poor...a steady stream of background noise appears throughout the movie, and the volume must be turned up to hear the dialogue.

All in all, this is a set to avoid, regardless of your feeling toward these movies.

my two cents
I found the Platinum release of "Blondie - volume 1" to have a good picture and good sound, not perfection but completely watchable and enjoyable a real bargain for $5. This disc features 5 episodes running about 70 minutes each on a single side of one disc. The Episodes are:

EPISODE #1. "BLONDIE" The Boss sends Dagwood chasing after an important contract, but Blondie suspects he's chasing another woman.

EPISODE #2. "BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS" Blondie takes over Dagwood's job. Dagwood rescues a woman whose boat overturns while on a fishing trip, but suspects something else when she sees a photo.

EPISODE #3. "BLONDIE TAKES A VACATION" Blondie schemes to save a friendly Hotel from bankruptcy.

EPISODE #4. "BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY" When Baby Dumpling plays hooky from school Dagwood goes looking for him and gets arrested for kidnapping.

EPISODE #5. "BLONDIE ON A BUDGET" Dagwood plans a big surprise for Blondie; he asks ex-girlfriend (Rita Hayworth) to help pick out a fur coat for her.

I found the begining of each episode a bit confusing, as it shows a few snip-its as preview before starting each film, leaving me wondering if I had pushed the wrong button. Overall great fun.

Blondie: Great Nostalgic Family Entertainment
This DVD is an incredible value and a real treasure. The DVD includes five complete episodes of the Blondie comedies from the 1940s for an astonishingly low price. These remastered movies have very good sound and visual quality. The comedies have also held up very well and are as funny and engaging as they were over half a century ago. Baby Dumpling and Daisy the dog are cute scene-stealers throughout the series. My teenage daughter actually laughs out loud at these comedies, and it's a nostalgic pleasure for me to watch them again after so many years. Because of the enjoyable experience of watching these comedies and the exceptional value, I'd award them more than five stars if I could. This purchase is worth many times the price I paid. (Although the DVD case lists the run time as 72 minutes, the actual run time is five times that since each episode runs a little over 70 minutes.) This DVD features "Blondie," Blondie Meets the Boss," "Blondie Takes a Vacation," "Blondie Brings Up Baby," and "Blondie on a Budget."