The other day I re-watched Smart Blonde, the first Torchy Blane movie starring Glenda Farrell. I wrote about Glenda's first scene before. Torchy chases down a train in a taxi and then leaps aboard to get an interview. It's a great scene. It sets the story in motion, and it shows us a lot about Torchy's determination.
Another scene I noticed on the re-watch: Torchy and Steve are heading to a rooming house to talk to a suspect. Steve wants Torchy to wait in the car because it's a tough neighborhood. How did the movie show how tough the neighborhood is: a black guy standing against the rooming house, an orthodox Jew walking down the street, and an Asian man looking into the car at Torchy. At least that tough neighborhood is culturally diverse.
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