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) radio; the "Blondie" radio program had a long run spanning several networks. Initially a 1939 summer replacement program for "The Eddie Cantor Show" (sponsored by Camel Cigarettes), "Blondie" was heard on CBS until June 1944, when it moved briefly to NBC. Returning to CBS later that year, "Blondie" continued there under a new sponsor (Colgate-Palmolive) until June 1949. In its final season, the series was heard on ABC from October 1949 to July 1950. Two "Blondie" TV sitcoms have been produced to date, each lasting only one season. Blondie and Dagwood made a brief animated appearance in "The Fantastic Funnies",