Smart Blonde
| Smart Blonde | |
|---|---|
 Glenda Farrell in the film | |
| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Produced by |
Jack L. Warner Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by | Frederick Nebel |
| Screenplay by |
Kenneth Gamet Don Ryan |
| Starring |
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Wini Shaw |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
| Edited by | Frank Magee |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release dates |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Smart Blonde is a 1937 American film directed by Frank McDonald. Glenda Farrell plays Torchy Blane, former showgirl, newspaper reporter on the police beat, and girlfriend of Homicide Detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane). This is the first of nine Torchy Blane films, seven of them featuring Farrell, which ran until 1939.[1]
Detective novelist Frederick Nebel's reporter Torchy Blaine was a male news-hound named Kennedy. For Warner Bros. Smart Blonde, the character's name and gender were changed.[2]
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Steve McBride
- Wini Shaw as Dolly Ireland
- Addison Richards as Fitz Mularkey
- Robert Paige as Lewis Friel
- Craig Reynolds as Tom Carney
- Charlotte Wynters as Marcia Friel
- Jane Wyman as Hatcheck Girl
- Joseph Crehan as 'Tiny' Torgenson
- Tom Kennedy as Gahagan
- John Sheehan as Leon Blyfuss
- Max Wagner as Chuck Cannon
- George Lloyd as Pickney Sax
- unbilled players include Frank Faylen, Milton Kibbee, and Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Torchy Blane series
- Smart Blonde (1937) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Fly-Away Baby (1937) Played by Glenda Farrell
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Blondes at Work (1938) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) Played by Lola Lane
- Torchy Gets Her Man (1938) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) Played by Glenda Farrell
- Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939) Played by Jane Wyman
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Smart Blonde (film). |
- Smart Blonde at the Internet Movie Database
- Smart Blonde at AllMovie
- Smart Blonde at the TCM Movie Database