Smart Blonde / Fly-Away Baby (1937)

<p>Let&apos;s take off with a double-feature on one of Hollywood&apos;s first plucky gal reporters! <br/><em><br/></em>The first two films in the Torchy Blane series, <em>Smart Blonde</em> and <em>Fly-Away Baby</em>, both debuted in 1937. They focus on Torchy Blane, a journo who&apos;s sharp, beautiful, and romantically connected to one of the top detectives in the city. <br/><br/>Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane starred in these two Frank McDonald-directed pictures as Torchy and her stern swain Detective Steve McBride. Meanwhile, Tom Kennedy shines as the bizarrely poetic Officer Gahagan.<br/><br/>In the first flick, our fair-haired heroine gets more than she bargained for out of an interview when she witnesses the murder of a prominent businessman. In the second one, she&apos;s got to hold her own against a gaggle of reporters competing to fly around the world. <br/><br/>Listen to Kevin and resident blonde reporter Áine get the scoop on these at-times entertaining, at-times sluggish films.<br/><br/>Follow us on the usual social media suspects:</p><ul><li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/Mystery-to-Me-Podcast-105987494771196'>Facebook</a></li><li><a href='https://twitter.com/mystery_to_me_'>Twitter</a></li><li><a href='https://www.instagram.com/mysterytomepodcast/'>Instagram</a></li></ul><p>And send us mysterious and intriguing missives at mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com.<br/><br/><em>Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>