Fly-Away Baby
1937 film by Frank McDonald / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fly-Away Baby (a.k.a. Fly Away Baby) is a 1937 American crime-mystery film starring Glenda Farrell as reporter Torchy Blane, along with her detective boyfriend, Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) solving a murder and smuggling case during around-the-world flight.[N 1][1][2]
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Fly-Away Baby | |
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Directed by | Frank McDonald |
Written by | Don Ryan (screenplay) Kenneth Gamet(screenplay) Dorothy Kilgallen (concept, screenplay) |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Gamet Don Ryan |
Based on | Girl Around the World by Dorothy Kilgallen |
Produced by | Bryan Foy |
Starring | Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane |
Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
Edited by | Doug Gould |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
Release date | June 19, 1937 (1937-06-19) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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After the success of the first film Smart Blonde (1937), Warner Bros. quickly produced a second film based on the Torchy Blane / Steve McBride crime-fighting duo, where Torchy once again beat the police and solved the crime all on her own.[3][4] Released on June 19, 1937, the film is followed by The Adventurous Blonde (1937).[5]