Brenda Starr, Reporter
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| Brenda Starr, Reporter | |
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| Directed by | Wallace Fox |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Written by | Ande Lamb Dale Messick George H. Plympton |
| Starring | Joan Woodbury Kane Richmond |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Editing by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 26 January 1945 |
| Running time | 13 chapters |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) is a Columbia film serial.
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[edit] Plot
The hunt is on for a $250,000 payroll robbery. The police are looking for it, and--mostly just to be annoying--so is ace reporter Brenda Starr (comic strip) (Joan Woodbury) and comic relief photographer Chuck (Sid Saylor). The best clue is a guy named Joe Heller (Wheeler Oakman). As the serial begins, Heller is trapped in a burning building. Henchman Kruger (Jack Ingram) guns him down and sticks Brenda in a closet so she'll burn. Lucky for her, boyfriend Lt. Farrell (Kane Richmond) manages to rescue her. And we're off and running! Brenda has her usual knack for getting into tight situations--exploding mines, burning buildings, and the like. Chuck bounces between useless and useful, thereby making it hard to hate the character like so many other comic relief characters. Lt. Farrell constantly ends up berating Brenda and Chuck and their editor.
[edit] Cast
- Joan Woodbury as Brenda Starr
- Kane Richmond as Lt. lawrence Farrell
- Syd Saylor as Chuck Allen
- Joe Devlin as Tim
- Wheeler Oakman as Joe Heller/Lew Heller
- Cay Forrester as Vera Harvey
- Marion Burns as Zelda
- Lottie Harrison as Abretha
- George Meeker as Frank Smith
- Jack Ingram as Kruger
- Anthony Warde as Muller
- John Merton as Schultz
[edit] Production
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Theatrical release: January 26, 1945 Director: Wallace Fox
[edit] Chapter titles
- Hot News
- The Blazing Trap
- Taken For a Ride
- A Ghost Walks
- The Big Boss Speaks
- Man Hunt
- Mideout of Terror
- Killer at Large
- Dark Magic
- A Double-cross Backfires
- On the Spot
- Murder at Night
- The Mystery of the Payroll
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[edit] Trivia
This is one of the few sound serials not available commercially. For many years a collector named Fred Shay in New Jersey claimed to be the only person to own the only existing print. At the Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention, Shay repeatedly offered a number of collectors a copy of the print for $5,400, which to date, no one has taken up on the offer. Numerous attempts have been made to bring the serial to commercial release, but each effort was turned down by Mr. Shay, who prefers to be compensated for his time and efforts.
In September of 2008, the serial will be screened at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, a non-profit event. The print is not from Fred Shay's collection.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Cline, William C. (1997). In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials. McFarland & Company, pp. 240. ISBN 9780786404711.
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| Preceded by Black Arrow (1944) |
Columbia Serial Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) |
Succeeded by The Monster and the Ape (1945) |
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