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Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, and won an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the television series Ben Casey in 1963.

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Tiger by the Tail (1970)

Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer. ...

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The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients ...

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Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin. ...

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A String of Beads (1961)

An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls. ...

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Middle of the Night (1959)

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, ...

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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White's continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw's volatile temper. A fictionali ...

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Susan Slept Here (1954)

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Su ...

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Secret of the Incas (1954)

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure. ...

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Girls in the Night (1953)

Juvenile delinquents (Joyce Holden, Glenda Farrell, Harvey Lembeck) trap a neighborhood hoodlum in New York. ...

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Apache War Smoke (1952)

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find thems ...

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Lulu Belle (1948)

Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his fiancée and career to marry Lulu Bell. When his money runs out, Lulu Belle goes to work in a New Orleans c ...

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Mary Lou (1948)

Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try out as the band's vocalist since the regular singer, Mary Lou, had ...

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I Love Trouble (1948)

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past. ...

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Heading for Heaven (1947)

A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live. ...

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Ever Since Venus (1944)

The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and songwriter "Tiny" Lewis (Billy Gilbert) has just sold a song to Ina Ray Hutton ('Ina Ray Hutton'), the leader of an all-girl band headlining the show. Lewis shares ...

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Klondike Kate (1943)

A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name. ...

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A Night for Crime (1943)

A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur sleuth solving yet another mystery among Hollywood's famous. ...

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City Without Men (1943)

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates. ...

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The Talk of the Town (1942)

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher. ...

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Twin Beds (1942)

Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes. ...

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Johnny Eager (1941)

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love. ...

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Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939. ...

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Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner. ...

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters. ...

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Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938. ...

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Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands. ...

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Exposed (1938)

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted. ...

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The Road to Reno (1938)

An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband. ...

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Prison Break (1938)

Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and ...

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Stolen Heaven (1938)

Two attractive jewel thieves, one female (Olympe Bradna), one male (Gene Raymond) escape together after their latest escapade and hide out in the home of an aged concert pianist (Lewis Stone). To cover their tracks and keep the old man from turning them in ...

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Blondes at Work (1938)

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information ...

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Hollywood Hotel (1938)

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact m ...

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Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937. ...

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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea ...

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Breakfast for Two (1937)

After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her ...

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Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment. ...

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You Live and Learn (1937)

American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily, she ...

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Dance Charlie Dance (1937)

A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism. ...

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Fly Away Baby (1937)

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight. ...

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Smart Blonde (1937)

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing. ...

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Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936. ...

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Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don't count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his s ...

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Here Comes Carter (1936)

A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals ...

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High Tension (1936)

Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men. ...

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Nobody's Fool (1936)

A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers. ...

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The Law in Her Hands (1936)

A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob. ...

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Snowed Under (1936)

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but he just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first ex-wife, to help him stick to busin ...

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Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)

A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title "Miss Pacific Fleet". ...

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Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935. ...

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Little Big Shot (1935)

A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter. ...

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We're in the Money (1935)

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve four subpoenas in a breach of promise suit against rich C. Richard Courtney. Little does Ginger realize, C. R ...

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In Caliente (1935)

At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print. ...

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Go Into Your Dance (1935)

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters. ...

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Traveling Saleslady (1935)

A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the ...

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Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort. ...

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The Secret Bride (1934)

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. ...

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Kansas City Princess (1934)

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath ...

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The Personality Kid (1934)

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success. ...

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Merry Wives of Reno (1934)

Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces. ...

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Heat Lightning (1934)

Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind. ...

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I've Got Your Number (1934)

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes. ...

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Dark Hazard (1934)

Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys rac ...

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Hi, Nellie! (1934)

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the m ...

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The Big Shakedown (1934)

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products. ...

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Man's Castle (1933)

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant. ...

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Havana Widows (1933)

Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana. ...

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Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work... ...

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Lady for a Day (1933)

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie ...

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Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life. ...

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Gambling Ship (1933)

Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to tell Ace she's a soiled do ...

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How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing (1933)

Bobby Jones magnanimously demonstrates two specific aspects of a good drive: Position and back swing. ...

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The Keyhole (1933)

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame. ...

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Girl Missing (1933)

Showgirls Kay and June are stranded on Palm Beach when they become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who has gone missing on her wedding night. ...

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Grand Slam (1933)

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge. ...

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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating. ...

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The Match King (1932)

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influen ...

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

A World War I veteran's dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he's falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang. ...

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Three on a Match (1932)

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs. ...

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Life Begins (1932)

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations. ...

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Scandal for Sale (1932)

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million. ...

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Little Caesar (1931)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there? ...

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