Blondes at Work
| Blondes at Work | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Screenplay by | Albert DeMond |
| Starring |
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
| Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
| Edited by | Everett Dodd |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blondes at Work is a 1938 American crime film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy and Rosella Towne. This is the fourth film in a series of "Torchy Blane" movies by Warner Bros. It was released on February 6, 1938.[1][2][3]
Plot
Torchy Blane and her fiancé detective Steve McBride having an argument, because Torchy keep getting story after story for her newspaper. The reporter is told by her boyfriend to lay off the latest murder case that his handling. The murder victim, Marvin Spencer, of the Bon Ton Department Stores was seen by Torchy, being escorted into a cab by his friend, Maitland Greer, just moments before he was found dead in his room at the Park Plaza Hotel. With Torchy's latest story of Spencer's murder hitting the front pages, McBride's boss Capt. McTavish orders him to keep information away from Torchy. Capt. McTavish isn't really concern about Torchy getting her hands on top secret police matters, he is secretly working for Torchy's rival newspaper "The Daily Express", who wants Torchy's access to top secret police investigation files cut off.
Greer is arrested for Spencer's murder. Torchy is getting the drop on the trial jury, by listening in from a nearby supply closet. She out maneuvers both Capt. McTavish and the Daily Express into thinking that the jury verdict is going to be innocent. To both Capt. McTavish and the Daily Express' surprise, Greer is found guilty in Spencer's murder, which has the newspaper's editor red-faced. At the same time Torchy ends up behind bars for contempt, by planting false facts in order to out scoop her competition. As it turned out Torchy was in fact right about Greer being innocent. Spencer's killer later confessed, but by being behind bars, she didn't have time to write the story and have it make the front pages. It's then McBride came to Torchy's rescue, after having Torchy released from jail and filing the story for her and giving Torchy all the credit.
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Lt. Steve McBride
- Tom Kennedy as Gahagan
- Rosella Towne as Louisa Revelle
- Donald Briggs as Maitland Greer
- John Ridgely as Regan
- Betty Compson as Blanche Revelle
- Thomas E. Jackson as Parker
- Frank Shannon as Capt. McTavish
- Jean Benedict as Miss Hilton - Salesgirl
- Carole Landis as Carol
- Suzanne Kaaren as Olive
Torchy Blane series
- Smart Blonde (1937)
- Fly-Away Baby (1937)
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
- Blondes at Work (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
- Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
- Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
References
- ↑ "Blondes at Work (1938)". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
- ↑ "Blondes at Work (1938)". New York Time. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
- ↑ "Blondes at Work". Afi.com. 1937-12-27. Retrieved 2015-08-28.