Smart Blonde

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Smart Blonde is a 1937 Warner Bros. mystery film that introduced Glenda Farrell as fast-talking newspaper reporter Torchy Blane, launching a popular B-movie series.

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Smart Blonde canonical 4

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instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn story by Frederick Nebel ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterIntroduced Torchy Blane ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Frank McDonald ⓘ
distributionFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editedBy Harold McLernon ⓘ
era 1930s American cinema ⓘ
featuresCharacter Steve McBride ⓘ
filmColorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasAudience general audiences ⓘ
hasFilmFormat B-movie ⓘ
hasFilmSeriesGenre comedy-mystery ⓘ
hasType feature film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadCharacter Torchy Blane ⓘ
mainTheme newspaper crime investigation ⓘ
musicBy Howard Jackson ⓘ
notableFor introducing Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane ⓘ
launching a popular B-movie series ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Torchy Blane film series ⓘ
portrays Torchy Blane as a fast-talking newspaper reporter ⓘ
positionInSeries first film in the Torchy Blane series ⓘ
producer Bryan Foy ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate January 2, 1937 ⓘ
releaseYear 1937 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 61 ⓘ
screenwriter Saul Elkins ⓘ
setting urban American city ⓘ
starring Anne Nagel ⓘ
Barton MacLane ⓘ
Ben Welden ⓘ
Glenda Farrell ⓘ
Winifred Shaw ⓘ
targetMarket second-feature audiences ⓘ
TorchyBlanePortrayedBy Glenda Farrell ⓘ

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Glenda Farrell → notableWork → Smart Blonde ⓘ
Torchy Blane film series → hasPart → Smart Blonde ⓘ
Torchy Blane → appearsIn → Smart Blonde ⓘ
Torchy Blane → firstAppearance → Smart Blonde ⓘ