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
Winthrop (comic strip) After Cavalli had his second heart attack, "Sam and Silo" cartoonist Jerry Dumas substituted on "Winthrop" for three months, taking old syndicate-provided strips and writing new dialog and re-lettering them in Cavalli's style. The strip ended on May 14, 1994. Winthrop (comic strip) Winthrop is an American syndicated newspaper comic strip that was published between 1966 and 1994, created and produced by cartoonist Dick Cavalli. The series—which derived its comedy from a group of children's nonchalantly world-wise observations—evolved from Cavalli's earlier strip, "Morty Meekle", which featured adult characters. Gag cartoonist Dick Cavalli—whose work appeared in magazines including "The Saturday Evening