Blondie (1938 film) Ross Ford. Twenty-eight films were produced by Columbia Pictures between 1938 and 1950: "Blondie Goes to Hollywood," by Carol Lynn Scherling. Albany, 2010. BearManor Media. . Blondie (1938 film) Blondie is a 1938 movie directed by Frank Strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy. This was the first of 28 films based on the comic strip; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943, and popular demand brought them back in 1945. When the "Blondie" film series came to an end with "Beware of Blondie" in
Blondie (comic strip) Life" and "Footlight Glamour", deliberately omitting "Blondie" from the titles to attract unwary moviegoers. After 14 Blondies, stars Singleton and Lake moved on to other productions. During their absence from the screen, Columbia heard from many exhibitors and fans who wanted the Blondies back. The studio reactivated the series, which ran another 14 films until discontinued permanently in 1950. Because there was still some demand from movie theaters, Columbia began reissuing the older films, beginning with the 1938 "Blondie", and continued to release them in their original sequence well into the 1950s. Singleton and Lake reprised their film roles for