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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Predicate Object
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