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Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter, the main character of nine films produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939. [1] The Torchy Blane series, which blend mystery, action, adventure and comedy, were popular second features .
May 5, 2010 · After making “Fly-Away Baby,” “The Adventurous Blonde” and “Blondes at Work” in 1937, the actress Lola Lane came on board as Torchy in 1938’s “Torchy Blane in Panama.” Though the ...
May 7, 2010 · The Torchy Blane Collection “B movie” is now a term routinely applied to essentially any low-budget, vaguely disreputable genre film. But it used to mean something quite specific. During the ...
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite. August 12, 1939. Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll. Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter starring in a series of films in the 1930s. A total of nine films were produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939.The Torchy Blane film series were mixtures of mystery ...
Jan 7, 2013 · The epitome of the sassy girl reporter” was Torchy Blane, who snared exclusives and criminals in nine Warner Brothers movies in the 1930s. A female journalist in a man’s world, she lets nothing stand in the way of her getting the story, including her bull-headed police detective boyfriend. Torchy is played by Glenda Farrell who, along with ...
Dec 2, 2020 · December 2, 2020. Smart Blonde, which came out in 1937, was the first of nine Warner Brothers B-movies featuring the Morning Herald’s ace girl reporter Torchy Blane. Glenda Farrell played the title rôle in all but two of these films. And in all but two films Barton MacLane played her partner in crime-solving, Lieutenant Steve McBride.
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Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) [4][5][6][Note 1] was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classic Hollywood films. Her career spanned more than 50 years, and she appeared in numerous Broadway plays, films and television series. She won an Emmy Award in 1963 for Outstanding ...
