“Can't you lovebirds find something to bill and coo about besides murders and bank robberies?"
Newspaper woman, Torchy (Glenda Farrel) and her homicide detective fiancee Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) continue their adventures in these hour long films from the 1930s. Torchy has “ink in her veins” which is the part of these films I”m going to write about instead of the individual mysteries.
Both of these, which came out one after the other, deals in the ethics of a journalist dating a member of the police force. These old films make it look like reporters did all of the police work. Steve’s boss points out that reporters printing evidence as it’s found can hinder an investigation. I can’t argue with him on that one. Plus, Torchy always gets the scoop and other papers call fowl play.
In fact, the other journalists are so annoyed that in Adventurous Blondes, they try to set up a fake story to humiliate Torchy, however, it turns into a real murder case that she tries to help Steve solve. All of this interrupts their wedding.
In Blondes at Work, Steve’s captain asks why he can’t just marry Torchy and keep her at home. Steve instantly knows that he could never keep her from writing and investigating, however, he stills makes a comment to her about quitting. She just laughs it off. Again, I’m not going to give away the ending. Still, I can’t help but point out how this one ends. Torchy gets arrested for being a nuisance in an active police investigation. While she’s in the “slammer”, Steve gives the final outcome to the mystery to her paper so they can run the headline with her name on it.
