The Bumstead family-Blondie (
Penny Singleton), Dagwood (
Arthur Lake) and Baby Dumpling (
Larry Simms)-embark on a long-delayed vacation in this series entry. While en route to their out-of-town relatives, the Bumsteads are forced to make an emergency stopover in a small town, where they get mixed up in an elopement. By the time Dagwood is through offering his well-intentioned assistance, the elopers are on the verge of a breakup, but Blondie (per the film's title) manages to smooth things out. Blondie Plays Cupid is distinguished by the appearance of
Glenn Ford as flustered groom-to-be Charlie (the bride-to-be is Columbia contractee
Luana Walters, who later played the title character's mother in the 1948 serial
The Adventures of Superman). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide