SOB SISTERS:
THE IMAGE OF THE FEMALE JOURNALIST
IN POPULAR CULTURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1930-1940
Joe Saltzman and the IJPC 2003©
Revised January 2006
Pre-1900
1900-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
2000-2006
EDITOR'S NOTE: A work in progress, this bibliography is still being proofread and fact-checked. Titles alone contain incomplete information. The bibliography is meant to be used with the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC) Database© available exclusively to IJPC Associates.
INTRODUCTION
Female journalists appear in the following films, television and radio programs, novels and short stories, plays, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, art works, songs, games and commercials. Some are newshawks who act more like detectives than journalists. Others are investigative reporters, editors, publishers, columnists, foreign and war correspondents, cubs, critics, photojournalists, sportswriters, freelance journalists, urban and country newspaperwomen, or anonymous reporters shouting out questions. Also included are public relations practitioners and press agents. Some are central characters. Others make a brief appearance and then disappear forever. Many are simply part of a pack of anonymous reporters who show up for a press conference or a news report. All leave impressions in the minds of the audience.
This is as complete a list of female journalists in films, TV and radio programs and fiction as ever compiled, but as with any such endeavor, there may be errors and omissions. Please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to correct any errors or add any items that are not included. Your help is appreciated.
For details on any of these items as well as copies of films, TV and radio programs, and fiction that are not commercially available, please consult the IJPC Database© available exclusively to IJPC members.
CATEGORIES
Categories appear in the following order:
M - Movies is the Default Category - Anything without any other designation is M. This designation includes theatrical films, made-for television movies, and TV miniseries. It also includes purely foreign titles.
T - Television includes TV series followed by specific episodes of TV series. It also includes purely foreign titles.
R - Radio includes radio series followed by specific episodes of radio series.
F - Fiction includes novels, short stories, plays (including musicals), juvenile books, sketches,
fictional characters and poetry.
C - Cartoons
CB - Comic Books
CS - Comic Strips
CC - Commercials
D - Documentaries, News, Non-Fiction
G - Games
MUS - Music, Songs
A - Art
SOB SISTERS:
THE IMAGE OF THE FEMALE JOURNALIST
IN POPULAR CULTURE
(FILMS, TV, RADIO, NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, PLAYS, POETRY,
SONGS, ART, CARTOONS, COMICS, GAMES, COMMERCIALS)
Joe Saltzman and the IJPC©2003
1930
Bright Lights
Conspiracy
King of Jazz, The
Radio Kisses
Young Man of Manhattan
Asking Price, The (F)
Crime in Car 13, The (F)
Girl Reporter, The (F)
Story of a Modern Woman, The (F)
Young Man of Manhattan (F)
But Not For Me (MUS)
1931
Anybody's Blonde
Cimarron
Dance, Fools, Dance
Finger Points, The
Five Star Final
Guilty Generation
Hot News Marge
Leftover Ladies
Phantom, The
Platinum Blonde
Sob Sister
Up for Murder
Finger Points, The (F)
Five-Star Final: Melodrama in Three Acts, A (F)
Get the Story ( F)
Hot News (F)
Sob Sister (F)
Dick Tracy (CS)
1932
Are You Listening?
Big Town
Blessed Event
Exposure
Famous Ferguson Case
Final Edition, The
Forbidden
Forbidden Trail
Herrin von Atlantis, Die
Honor of the Press
Lost Special, The
Man Wanted
Once in a Lifetime
Secrets of Wu Sin
She Wanted a Millionaire
Strange Adventure
Wayne Murder Case (Strange Adventure)
What Price Hollywood?
Betty and Bob (1932-1934) (R)
Bachelor's Bounty (F)
Clear All Wires! (F)
Diamonds (F)
Helen in the Editor's Chair (F)
O Clouds, Roll Back (F)
Professional Lover (F)
Rain on the Roof (F)
Red Herring (F)
Tabloid Suite (MUS)
1933
Clear All Wires
Devil's Mate
Gold Diggers of 1933
Falling for You
Grand Slam
Headline Shooter
High Gear
Love Wager
Mad Game, The
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Orient Express
Picture Snatcher
Professional Sweetheart
Saturday's Millions
Shriek in the Night, A
Son of Kong
Sphinx, The
Wine, Women and Song
Romance of Helen Trent, The (1933-1960) (R)
Esteemed Contemporaries (F)
Fire in the Flint, The (F)
Gal Reporter (F)
Not All Saints (F)
1934
Back Page
Change of Heart
Defense Rests, The
George White's Scandals
Girl From Missouri, The
Hat, Coat and Glove
Hell Cat, The
Hi, Nellie!
Hold That Girl
Marrying Widows
Night Alarm
Night of the Party, The
Paris Interlude
Veuve joyeuse, La
Whirlpool
Hollywood Hotel (Louella Parsons, 1934-1938) (R)
Appointment in Samara (F)
Court House Square (F)
Dinah Mason in the Joe "Daffy" Dill Series (1934-1943) (F)
Flashgun Casey (1934-1945) (F)
Grace Culver (1934-1937) (F)
Human Interest (F)
I Will Be Faithful (F)
Maiden Voyage (F)
Martyr, The (F)
Nose for News, A (F)
One of Us (F)
Operator #5 (1934-1939) (F)
Private Props (F)
Secret Agent X (F)
Stand Up and Cheer
Constance Kurridge (1934-1944) (CS)
1935
After Office Hours
Bride Comes Home, The
Captured in Chinatown - Police Melodrama, A
Cheers of the Crowd
Circumstantial Evidence
College Scandal
Crouching Beast, The
Daring Young Man, The
De bor forelske dem
Enter Madame
Frisco Kid, The
Front Page Woman
I Found Stella Parish
I Live For Love
Ladies Crave Excitement
Ladies Love Danger
Late Extra
Law Beyond the Range
Mary Jane's Pa
Men Without Names
Murder Man
Night at the Ritz, A
Page Miss Glory
Payoff, The
Pygmalion
Rich Man's Darling
Roberta
Speed Devils
Too Tough to Kill
Twin Triplets
Under Pressure
We're Only Human
Whole Town's Talking, The
Woman in Red, The
Rich Man's Darling (1935) (R)
13 Steps (F)
Expense Account (F)
In Time of Peace (F)
Lynn Malone's Daughter: Novel of Marriage, A (F)
Magazine Girl (F)
News (F)
Mr. Norris Changes Trains (F)
Wax (F)
1936
36 Hours to Kill
Big Brown Eyes
Brilliant Marriage
Bulldog Edition
Conflict
Death from a Distance
Duchess Pulls a Fast One, The
Face in the Fog, A
Girl on the Front Page, The
Half Angel
Hot News
House Broken
Human Cargo
Lawless Nineties, The
Man Hunt
Mind Your Own Business
More than a Secretary
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Next Time We Love
Ring Around the Moon
Rio Grande Romance
Shadow of Chinatown
Show Boat
Theodora Goes Wild
Undersea Kingdom
Walking Dead, The
Wedding Present
Witness Chair, The
Woman Rebels, A
Women Are Trouble
Yellow Cargo
Double Trouble (F)
Duchess Pulls a Fast One, The (F)
Peggy Covers the News (F)
Hit the Baby! (F)
Tightwad (F)
1937
Anything for a Thrill
Back in Circulation
Bank Alarm
Behind the Headlines
Behind the Mike
Beware of Ladies
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Criminals of the Air
Devil is Driving, The
Espionage
Exclusive
Expensive Husbands
Family Affair, A
Fly Away Baby - Torchy Blane
Game That Kills, The
Gangway
Girl With Ideas, A
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
International Settlement
It Can't Last Forever
Laughing at Trouble
Law of the Ranger
Life Begins with Love
Love is on the Air
Man-Proof
Marry the Girl
Men Are Not Gods
Midnight Menace (aka Bombs Over London)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
One Mile From Heaven
Parole Racket
Perfect Specimen, The
Public Cowboy No. 1
Smart Blonde
S.O.S. Coast Guard
Something to Sing About
Special Agent K-7
Step Lively, Jeeves!
That's My Story
There Goes My Girl
They Won't Forget
Torchy Blane, The Adventurous Blonde
Trouble in Morocco
Wild and Woolly
Wild Money
Woman in Distress
Women Men Marry
Sinner Take All
Big Town (1937-1952) (R)
Lux Radio Theater: "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" (R)
City Desk (F)
D.A. Calls It Murder, The (F)
Manhattan Solo (F)
Peggy Covers Washington (F)
Reporter (F)
Though Time be Fleet (F)
Tuesday Never Comes (F)
Violette (The Pieces of a Fan) (F)
Woods Are Full of Cuckoos, The (C)
1938
Arkansas Traveler, The
Arson Gang Busters
Blondes at Work
Campus Confessions
Du gamia du fria!
Exposed
Five of a Kind
Four's a Crowd
Fugitives for a Night
Headleys at Home, The
Here's Flash Casey (aka Meet Flash Casey)
Hollywood Hotel
I Am the Law
International Crime
International Settlement
Jury's Secret, The
Med folket for fosterlander
Newsboys' Home
Night Hawk, The
No Time To Marry
One Wild Night
Personal Secretary
Professor Beware
Red Barry
Strange Faces
Tenth Avenue Kid
That Certain Age
Torchy Blane in Panama
Torchy Gets Her Man
Adventures of Superman (1938-1946) (R)
Jane Adler (1938) (R)
D.A. Holds a Candle, The (F)
Four of Hearts, The (F)
Dog Eat Dog (F)
Haverhill Herald (F)
Journey to the West (F)
Paul and Steve Temple Mysteries (1938-1971) (F)
Society Editor (F)
Jane Arden and the Vanished Princess (CB)
Lois Lane (in Action Comics) (CB)
1939
Adventures of Jane Arden, The
Café Society
Clouds Over Europe
Dodge City
First Offenders
Forgotten Woman, The
Green Hornet, The
Hollywood Calvacade
Invisible Killer, The
It's a Wonderful World
Kid from Kokomo, The
Million Dollar Legs
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Nancy Drew, Reporter
News is Made at Night
North of Shanghai
Off the Record
Our Neighbors - Carters, The
Outside These Walls
Phantom Creeps, The
Private Detective
Regle du jeu, La
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Secret Four, The
Spellbinder, The
Sued for Libel
Tell No Tales
They Asked For It
Timber Stampede
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Torchy Blane…Playing with Dynamite
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Winner Take All
Witness Vanishes, The
Women, The
Lux Radio Theater: "Front Page Woman" (R)
Ann Thorne series (1939-1941) (F)
Candid Camera Kid, The (1939-1945) (F)
D.A. Draws a Circle, The (F)
Dead Man -- Killer! (F)
McLeod's Folly (It Takes All Kinds) (F)
Peggy Covers London (F)
Penny Parker Mysteries (1939-1947) (F)
Prey for the Creeping Death (F)
Society of the Singing Death (F)
Blue Beetle, The (CB)
Comet, The (CB)