Contemporary reviewers noted the similarities between this picture and the studio's "Torchy Blane" series that started with Smart Blonde (1936). Jane Wyman played a hat check girl in that film - and played Torchy in the series' last film, Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939).
Based on a leftover screenplay from the Torchy Blane series of films, with details altered when Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939) underperformed at the box office.
When Myrna arrives at the Montequito Apartments, she sees the name "Mr. Donald Norton" on the row of doorbell buttons and mailboxes. To the left is the name "Lucien Croy" - which happens to be the name of a character played by Gordon Oliver in the second "Torchy Blane" film "Fly Away Baby" in 1937. Both films were produced by Brian Foy.
Julie Stevens's debut.
Flavin's request for a $10,000 retainer would equate to over $183,000 in 2019.
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