The Adventures of Jane Arden
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
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"Rosella Towne portrays the fearless girl reporter as she goes underground to get the scoop on jewel smugglers. Jane Arden was probably the first girl reporter comic strip when it debuted in 1928. In various forms, it ran until 1968, and foreshadowed such characters as Lois Lane and Brenda Starr. Ruth Yorke appeared as Jane in a radio series in 1938 and 1939, and that's probably where Warner Brothers got the idea to make this movie. It's clearly a B movie, with direction by Terry Morse, but the large cast, typically for Warner Brothers, has such performers as William Gargan, Benny Ru..."
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The only film based on the long-running comic strip "Jane Arden", the original "spunky girl reporter", that was published from November 26, 1928 to January 20, 1968. The character served as a prototype for others such as Superman's Lois Lane, Frederick Nebel's "Torchy Blane", and another comic strip "Brenda Starr, Reporter", that ran from 1940 to 2011. There was also a "Jane Arden" radio program - a 15 minute weekday show on the NBC Blue Network from 1938 to 1939.
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Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.