Fly-Away Baby
| Fly-Away Baby | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Screenplay by |
Kenneth Gamet Don Ryan |
| Starring |
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Gordon Oliver |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
| Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
| Edited by | Doug Gould |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros |
Release dates | June 19, 1937 |
Running time | 60 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fly-Away Baby is a 1937 American comedy-adventure film featuring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, solving a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight. This is the second film in the "Torchy Blane" movie series by Warner Bros.[1][2] The film was released on June 19, 1937.
Plot
After a jeweler named Milton Deveraux is murdered and his diamonds is stolen, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) newspaper reporter on the police beat, and girlfriend of detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane), help to investigate.
Sonny Croy (Gordon Oliver) becomes a prime suspect. He is the son of a rival newspaper owner. Sonny has a solid alibi from the victim's partner, Guy Allister, that they were having lunch at the time of the murder.
As the investigation widens, Torchy is assigned to join an air race aboard an airship and a flying boat. Sonny learns what Torchy is up to and appears to be the murderer, but is found dead himself. Allister is the actual killer, but when he tries to parachute out of the aircraft, he falls to his death.
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Steve McBride
- Gordon Oliver as Lucien 'Sonny' Croy
- Hugh O'Connell as Hughie Sprague
- Marcia Ralston as Ila Sayre
- Tom Kennedy as Gahagan
- Joe King as Mr. Guy Allister
- Raymond Hatton as Maxie Monkhouse
- Gordon Hart as Mr. Sills
- Anderson Lawler as Alexander L. Torey
- Harry Davenport as Colonel Higgam
- Emmett Vogan as Clifford Vance
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
- ↑ "Fly-Away Baby (1937)". New York Time. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Backer, Ron (August 25, 2012). Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland. p. 262. ISBN 0786469757.
External links
- Fly-Away Baby at the Internet Movie Database
- Fly-Away Baby at AllMovie
- Fly-Away Baby at the TCM Movie Database