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“Havana Widows” (1933) is the first of 5 films centered around the “Blonde Bombshell” comedy duo of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, who were WB’s answer to Hal Roach’s female comedy pair Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #JoanBlondell #GlendaFarrell #PreCode -
Blondes at Work (1938), fourth of the Torchy Blane B-movies. Fast-talking feisty girl reporter Torchy has scooped her rivals yet again and is on the trail of a murderer. Light breezy fun and Glenda Farrell is delightful as always.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/blondes-at-work-1938.html
#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #GlendaFarrell #bmovie #bmovies
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Would love to think that Joe E. Brown, Jack LaRue, James Cagney and Pat O’Brien are all gathered around Glenda Farrell to celebrate her birthday today. 🎂
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Glenda Farrell
“THE gold-digger of 1933—that's Glenda. And having a sense of humor, she must sometimes meditate on the irony of it all. For in real life she has ‘paid her own way’ since she was seven. …” — Motion Picture, Dec. 1933
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Heat Lightning is a deliciously overheated overwrought 1934 pre-code sex melodrama with just a dash of film noir. Two crooks create emotional and sexual tensions in a desert truck stop. Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Glenda Farrell star.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/heat-lightning-1934.html
#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #filmnoir #AlineMacMahon #AnnDvorak #GlendaFarrell
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“Miss Pacific Fleet” (1935)
Lots of silly, inconsequential fun — as you’d expect from a Joan Blondell-Glenda Farrell team up. Suffers from not enough Joan and Glenda, however!
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Something you don’t see every day — Glenda Farrell on drums!
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937) was the third movie starring Glenda Farrell as feisty girl reporter Torchy Blane. Fast-paced light breezy B-movie fun with Torchy investigating a hoax murder that might not be a hoax. Farrell is a delight.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-adventurous-blonde-1937.html
#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #bmovie #bmovies #TorchyBlane #GlendaFarrell
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Glenda Farrell, 1933
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The cast of “Snowed Under” (1936) — one of my favorite ensemble comedies from the 1930s. Hence, one of my favorite all-time comedies.
Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell, John Eldridge, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis and George Brent
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Josephine Hutchinson, Glenda Farrell, Mervyn LeRoy, Joan Blondell and Anita Louise at Warner Brothers, 1935
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Glenda Farrell in one of my favorite photos of her
I don’t know the occasion for this photograph, but I like to imagine it was her boarding the train in 1939 to leave Hollywood and return to the stage.
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Glenda Farrell in a promotion for “Traveling Saleslady” (1935). Glenda isn’t in the title role, but she plays the head of a chain of drug stores and sports the name Claudette Ruggles. Did I mention this has Joan Blondell, too?
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Glenda Farrell portrait from her early years in Hollywood, ca. 1932
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Glenda Farrell and Paul Muni for “I Was a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (1932)
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Glenda Farrell in a promotional still for “Adventurous Blonde” (1937), the third of her seven Torchy Blane films.
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Brian Donlevy and Glenda Farrell in the very enjoyable comedy-drama about a deep sea cable diver, “High Tension” (1936). I found this in the #CriterionChannel Allan Dwan collection, but I’m surprised I didn’t find it earlier.
I’ve now seen 55 of the 73 Glenda Farrell films and should resume trying to track down the remainder—particularly the handful from the 1930s.
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Leslie Brooks, Glenda Farrell, Linda Darnell, Doris Dudley and Margaret Hamilton in “City Without Men” (Columbia, 1943)
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“Life Begins” (1932) is one of the many Loretta Young pre-codes airing today on #TCM (10:15am CDT).
It’s a good film, but for me is more notable for a terrific Glenda Farrell performance in one of her earliest movies in Hollywood. This is the performance that really kicked off her picture career.
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Glenda Farrell, 1939
“THE ALL-PURPOSE SPORT SUIT....is advocated by Glenda Farrell, star of the TORCHY BLANE series (for Warners) and one of Hollywood's best-dressed women. From her personal wardrobe, she selects a suit of elephant-grey gaberdine with more to it than the eye can see in this picture.
A tailored skirt of matching color and material can be zipped on so that Mayor Torchy can go to places where slacks might be frowned on!”
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Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in “We’re In the Money” (1935)
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Glenda Farrell on the cover of Movie Classic, Oct. 1936
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Glenda Farrell’s supporting turn as a pregnant showgirl in “Life Begins” (1932) jump started her Hollywood career after a false start two years earlier in “Little Caesar”
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The wonderful Glenda Farrell was #BOTD 1901 (not 1904 as often reported). Here is one of my favorite photos of her—with Paul Muni in “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (1932).
For more on the great Glenda:
https://thoughtsandramblingsofhardwickebenthow.wordpress.com/glenda-farrell-her-life-and-legacy/ -
Glenda Farrell at home, ca. 1930s
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Glenda Farrell, ca. 1936 — portrait by Elmer Fryer for Warner Bros.
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Glenda Farrell, 1938
“GREEN WOOL - in lightweight fabric is chosen by Glenda Farrell now in Paramount's ‘Stolen Heaven,’ for this sports frock. The skirt is a straight, wraparound model and the jacket is buttoned up the front with matching green buttons. A peaked hat of green antelope with a black quill matches the dress.”
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Finally a magazine promotion that interests me. I’m only 86 years late, alas.
“Glenda Farrell would like you to visit her!” — Modern Screen, June 1937
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Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 001. #1930s #GlendaFarrell #Movies #TorchyBlane