After gaining acting experience on the stage, Glenda Farrell became a Warner contract actor in the early 1930s. In spite of her later casting as a hard-boiled reporter in Masques de cire (1933) or successful gold digger Chercheuses d'or de 1935 (1935), one of her first roles was the romantic interest of Edward G. Robinson's former partner in Le petit César (1931). In most movies, she only had supporting roles, but she's best remembered as a hard-boiled, fast-talking (she was able to speak 390 words in a minute) reporter Torchy Blaine in the film series of the same name.
