The Adventures of Jane Arden

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Rosella Towne in The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

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 lea... Read allReporter 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.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

Jane Arden

William Gargan

Ed Towers

James Stephenson

Dr. George Vanders

Benny Rubin

Marvin Piermont

Dennie Moore

Teenie Moore

Peggy Shannon

Lola Martin

Edgar Edwards

William 'Bill' Clifton

Hobart Cavanaugh

Suspect 'Killer'

Pierre Watkin

Albert Thayer

Maris Wrixon

Martha Blanton - Debutante

John Ridgely

Reporter

Benny Burt

Greek
(scenes deleted)

Eddie Conrad

Italian man
(scenes deleted)

Sol Gorss

Driver
(scenes deleted)

Robert Homans

Irishman
(scenes deleted)

Georges Renavent

Frenchman
(scenes deleted)

Claude Wisberg

Bellboy
(scenes deleted)

Raymond Bailey

Vanders' Henchman Driving Car
(uncredited)

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
When you first see the name Carlton Apts on Ed Tower's building; it is a close-up of the lettering which is on a small square piece of stone with indentations on the bottom and top as well as located on the side of the building. But on the following cut after the two hoodlums kidnap Towers; the Carlton Apts sign is now located over the entrance on a much larger and plain surface.

Quotes
Teenie Moore: I'm warning you, if Jane Arden leaves, I leave with her.
Ed Towers: Consider yourself left.
Teenie Moore: Right!
[close-up, realizes what just happened]
Teenie Moore: You... Republican!

Connections
Referenced in Humoresque (1946)

Soundtracks
Deep in a Dream
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
First tune played in the ship's lounge

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6/10

Delightful

Fun B movie, with Rosella Towne, a real find. She had a very short career, retiring after marrying a screenwriter, but you can see she's got what it takes here.

This was intended to be the first of a series, based on a comic strip, but it didn't happen.

Arden is a reporter, working for William Gargan. She goes undercover to investigate a jewelry smuggling ring.

Unfortunately, the head honcho (James Stephenson) learns her true identity almost immediately. Since they are on board a ship bound for France, she has nowhere to run.

Fast-moving and entertaining. James Stephenson entered films late, after a stage career but died in 1941.