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The Bamboo Blonde

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A B-29 pilot (Russell Wade) meets a nightclub singer (Frances Langford), and his crew paints her picture on the nose of their plane.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker 01/25/2023
The director, Anthony Mann, keeps the tone light and sentimental but displays his sure sense of film noir in the depiction of relentless patriotic hype, casual wartime romance, and cynical strivers on the home front. Go to Full Review
Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) 04/04/2019
Miss Langford, in spite of that blonde hair, and those cleavage gowns. Is oddly prim. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/24/2007
C+
This charmer of a WWII flyboy romantic/comedy doesn't quite fly. Go to Full Review
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04/20/2016 year s/b 1946 not 2003 See more 10/30/2011 The Bamboo Blonde is a delightful, slightly post WWII musical starring the legendary Frances Langford, the G.I. heart throb of WWII. It's a delightful story of not mistaken identity but unknown identity as a little innocent meeting escalates into a full blown incident with the Air Force brass getting involved. Frances Langford shows her brilliant comedic talent, no doubt those years with Bob Hope were very helpful, not to mention her gorgeous singing voice and impeccable technique in some very lovely original songs, no doubt written for her considerable talents. Russell Wade as the 'romantic flyboy' is perfectly cast. His handsome good looks and rather naive persona fits in beautifully with the glamorous Langford. Iris Adrian as Langford's friend, gives her usual great kooky performance, bolstering the film. Ralph Edwards as the night club owner, does a wonderful job of muddying the waters for Frances and Russell. Jane Greer makes a wonderful villain, trying her best to disgrace the Blonde. The rest of the cast do a wonderful job filling out the plot. Anthony Mann pulls all of this together into a nice tight ensemble like so many of the so called "B" films. Okay, it's not 'Gone With the Wind,' it wasn't meant to be. It was meant to be an hour and six minute piece of fun, which it is! Oh, and check out the ending...Priceless! See more 06/30/2011 really liked this post WWII rom-com about WW!! frnces vs jane and the claws r out & there will be blood! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A B-29 pilot (Russell Wade) meets a nightclub singer (Frances Langford), and his crew paints her picture on the nose of their plane.
Director
Anthony Mann
Producer
Herman Schlom
Screenwriter
Olive Cooper, Lawrence Kimble
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 22, 2009
Runtime
1h 8m
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