Brenda Starr, Reporter

Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

THE FOREMOST SERIAL HEROINE OF MODERN TIMES

Reporter Brenda Starr and her photographer Chuck Allen get involved in a search for the loot from a payroll robbery. Cliffhanging action and adventure and a fair amount of comic relief follow them at every turn.

Date of release
1945-01-26
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
4h 3m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Wallace Fox

Casting

Interesting facts

Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) was the 25th film serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was inspired by Brenda Starr, Reporter, a popular comic strip created by Dale Messick. The title role was played by Joan Woodbury, who had similar roles in feature films for Columbia and Monogram.

Production

In September 1944 Katzman signed a deal to make the film for Columbia release. At this time Katzman was making feature films for the "budget" Monogram Pictures studio, and with his typical thrift he produced Brenda Starr, Reporter on the side at Monogram, using that studio's sets, technicians, and some of its actors.

It was made during the war and everybody was hungry, including me. My former husband had gone off to war. I was left with a little daughter. So you grabbed anything you could grab and, believe me, you were very grateful for anything that came along. This was a 13-episode thing, in 21 days! The only reason they gave me the role was the fact I could learn dialogue fast enough to do everything in one take.

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