The Adventurous Blonde (1937)

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After rival reporters, jealous of Torchy's success, conspire to fake the murder of an actor in order to embarrass her, he ends up being strangled.

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14 April 2009 | bkoganbing
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| Even If It Stayed A Gag
I like the Torchy Blane character and the way Glenda Farrell played her in the Warner Brothers series. But this third episode probably could have sank the whole series.

Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane are about to be married which of course will make them even closer. Both the police and Farrell's fellow reporters see problems. But the reporters in their infinite wisdom decide to do something about it.

Can you believe these lugnuts decide to stage a fake murder of and hire a ham actor to play the part? But then the ham actor really does turn up dead, leaving another mystery for Farrell and MacLane to solve.

Call me just an old fuddy duddy but I seem to remember their being laws against this sort of thing. There sure is in making a false report of a crime. In real life a lot of the working press of Torchy's city would have been filing their stories from the big house. And that's even if this thing had stayed just a gag.

Incredibly stupid movie.

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Did You Know?

Trivia

From Torchy's telegram, Steve is working from NYPD's 7th Precinct. Its precinct building is located in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood at 19 1/2 Pitt Street.

Quotes

Lieutenant Steve 'Stevie' MacBride: Hammond's been murdered!
Torchy Blane: No? I thought he was lying in front of that fireplace to keep warm!

Goofs

At the beginning of the film, Steve walks out to see the desk sergeant. Someone tries to throw confetti on him to celebrate his impending marriage to Torchy, but misses. When Steve initially talks to the desk sergeant, there is no strip of confetti on his right shoulder. Then in the next shot it appears. In subsequent shots it keeps changing position on his right shoulder until he goes to see the captain and it disappears.

Soundtracks

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Hummed by Tom Kennedy

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Details

Release Date:

13 November 1937

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

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