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3 unusual facts about Torchy


Torchy

Eugene Torchy Clark, American basketball head coach for the University of Central Florida (1969-1983)

Torchy Blane, a female reporter character in late 1930s films

Torchy the Battery Boy, a 1958-1959 puppet television series by Gerry Anderson


Fly-Away Baby

Fly-Away Baby is a 1937 American comedy-adventure film featuring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, the second in the series of nine Torchy Blane movies.

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

Librarian John Alfred Avant states that many of Angelou's poems could be set to music like that of jazz singer and musician Nina Simone, especially the first poem in this section, "They Went Home," which he says "fits into the torchy unrequited love bag".

The Well-Groomed Bride

Unfortunately, he loses the bottle to a beautiful young woman named Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland), who is about to be married to Army lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts), an Oregon football star, whom she has not seen in two years.

Torchy Blane

Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel cited Glenda Farrell's portrayal of Torchy Blane as his inspiration for the personality of the character of Lois Lane, and the name of Lola Lane (who also played Torchy Blane) as his inspiration for Lois' name.


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