SOB SISTERS:
THE IMAGE OF THE FEMALE JOURNALIST
IN POPULAR CULTURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1940-1950
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
1940
Arise, My Love
Bridge Wore Crutches, The
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
City of Chance
Comrade X
Dodge City
Double Alibi
Edison, the Man
Emergency Squad
Green Hornet Strikes Back, The
Haunted House
His Girl Friday
Juninatten (aka June Night)
Knockout
Leather Pushers, The
Man I Married, The
Meet John Doe
Meet the Wildcat
Mystery in Swing
Okenko do nebe
On the Spot
Outside the 3-Mile Limit
Rangers of Fortune
Return of Frank James, The
Third Finger, Left Hand
Two-Fisted Rangers
Jane Arden (1940) (R)
Lux Radio Theater: "His Girl Friday" (R)
Beverly Gray (1940-1955) (F)
Brewers' Big Horses, The (F)
Children's Page (F)
D.A. Goes to Trial, The (F)
Farewell, My Lovely (F)
Getting Maizie (F)
In Walks Amy (F)
Masked Detective, The (F)
My Sister Eileen (F)
Sally Baxter (1940-1961) (F)
Stand-In For Death (F)
Stricken Field, A (F)
Turn Ever Northward (F)
Brenda Starr (1940-present) (CS)
Brenda Starr (1940-2002) (CB)
Flint Baker (CB)
Fox, The (CB)
Shangra (CB)
1941
Adam Had Four Sons
Adventure in Washington
Affectionately Yours
Bad Man of Deadwood
Big Boss, The
Billy the Kid's Roundup
Borrowed Hero
City of Missing Girls
Confirm or Deny
Criminals Within
Dangerous Moonlight
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Gangs of Sonora
I Killed That Man
I Wanted Wings
In the Navy
Jesse James at Bay
King of the Texas Rangers
Knockout
Lady Scarface
Man At Large
Man Who Came To Dinner, The
Mand af betydning, En
Mr. District Attorney
Murder By Invitation
Mystery Ship
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Obliging Young Lady
Phantom Submarine
Philadelphia Story, The
Remember the Day
Saint's Vacation, The
Sealed Lips
Sleepers West
Smiling Ghost, The
Strangler, The
Suicide Squadron
This England
Unholy Partners
You Can't Escape Forever
All That Glitters (F)
Connie Benton, Reporter (F)
D.A. Cooks a Goose, The (F)
Fire and Ice (F)
Killers are Camera Shy (F)
Miss Stanton of the Crier (F)
Petunia Pump (F)
Portrait of a Lady (F)
Somewhere I'll Find You (F)
This--Is Murder! (F)
Superman (1941-43) (C)
Joan Dale (Miss America) (Military Comics) (CB)
Liberty Belle (CB)
1942
Citizen Kane
Close Call for Ellery Queen
Corpse Vanishes, The (aka Case of the Missing Brides, The)
Daring Young Man, The
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Falcon Takes Over, The
Flying Fortress
Gang Busters
Going to Press - Our Gang
Great Man's Lady, The
Halfway to Shanghai
Hurricane Smith
Just Off Broadway
Keeper of the Flame
Lady Has Plans, The
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Murder in the Big House
Ne Le Criez Pas Sur Les Toits
Pardon My Stripes
Roxie Hart
Scattergood Survives a Murder (aka Catspaw Murder Mystery)
Secret Code, The
Secrets of the Underground
Send for Paul Temple
Sexlingar
Sin Town
Sleepytime Gal
Smith of Minnesota
Somewhere I'll Find You
Sundown Kid, The
Top Sergeant
Unpublished Story
Who is Hope Schuyler?
Woman of the Year
Yokel Boy
You're Telling Me
Caribbean Conspiracy (F)
Murder in Red (F)
Peggy Covers the Clipper (F)
Silent Are the Dead (F)
1943
Ape Man
Behind the Rising Sun
Boss of Big Town, The
Chatterbox
Dangerous Blondes
Flicka for mej, En
Johnny Come Lately
Mad Ghoul, The
My Sister Eileen
My Son, the Hero
Mystery Broadcast
Night for Crime, A
No Greater Sin
No Time for Love
Old Acquaintance
Passport to Suez
Phantom Killer, The
Secret Service in Darkest Africa, The
Seventh Victim, The
Sky's the Limit, The
They've Got Me Covered
Three Hearts for Julia
Yellow Canary, The
Casey, Crime Photographer (1943-1950) (R)
Lux Radio Theater: "My Sister Eileen" (R)
Beverly Gray Mysteries (1943-1952) (F)
Blood on the Lens (F)
Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter (F)
Eddie and the Archangel Mike (F)
Fountainhead, The (F)
Murder for Two (F)
Parson of Owlhoot Junction, The (F)
Brenda Starr and the Masked Imposter (CB)
Libby Lawrence (Boy Commandos) (CB)
Miss Patriot (CB)
1944
Contender, The
Cover Girl
Double Exposure
Fighting Seabees, The
Firebrands of Arizona
Fuzzy Settles Down
Lady in the Dark
Lifeboat
Maria Candelaria
Mark of the Whistler
One Mysterious Night
Rogues' Gallery
Silent Partner, The
Stars on Parade
Uncensored
Wave, a WAC and a Marine, A
Yank in Australia, A
Zorro's Black Whip
Ann Comes to New York (F)
Corpse Came C.O.D., The (F)
D.A. Calls a Turn, The (F)
Free Men Shall Stand (F)
Mr. Angel Comes Aboard (F)
They Shall Come Again (F)
Way of the Strong (F)
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Christmas in Connecticut
Colonel Effingham’s Raid
Don't Fence Me In
Hit the Hay
I’ll Tell the World
I Ring Doorbells
Lady on a Train
Lover Come Back
Marine Raiders
Master Key, The
Midnight Manhunt
One Exciting Night (aka Midnight Manhunt)
Over 21
Prison Ship
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Searching Wind, The
Twice Blessed
Story of Sandra Martin, The (1945) (R)
Carol Brant, Picture Magazine Reporter (F)
Daisy Kenyon (F)
Didn't I Tell You? (F)
Eye for an Eye (F)
Flyaway Base (F)
Horizon (F)
Joys She Chose, The (F)
Peggy Goes Overseas (F)
Tell Sparta (F)
Three Short Biers (F)
Unseen Lover (F)
Woman Bites Dog (F)
1946
Badman's Territory
Because of Him
Blue Dahlia, The
Danger Woman
Deadline for Murder
High School Hero
Hoodlum Saint, The
House of Horrors
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog
Janie Gets Married
Junior Prom
One More Tomorrow
Perfect Marriage, The
Perilous Holiday
Searching Wind, The
Tall, Tan, and Terrific
Young Widow
Anna Zenger: Mother of Freedom (F)
Blossom Valley (F)
D.A. Breaks a Seal, The (F)
Dewy, Dewy Eyes, The (F)
Hangman's Hill (F)
Headlined for Murder (aka Slug It Slay) (F)
Poison Poker and Pistols (F)
Sylvia Sanders and the Tangled Web (F)
State of the Union (F)
Women, Inc. (F)
Great Lady Has "An Interview," A (MUS)
1947
Big Town (aka Guilty Assignment)
Big Town After Dark (aka Underworld After Dark)
Black Widow, The
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Chinese Ring
Christmas Eve
Corpse Came C.O.D., The
Danger Street
Dangerous Years
Forsummad av sin fru
Gentleman's Agreement
Heartaches
Home in Oklahoma
I Cover Big Town (aka I Cover the Underworld)
Killer at Large
Ladies' Man
Magic Town
Miracle on 34th St.
Perils of Pauline, The
Pilgrim Lady, The
Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Roses Are Red
Senator Was Indiscreet, The
Suddenly, It's Spring
Trespasser, The
Trouble With Women, The
Unfaithful, The
Violence
While I Live
Whispering City
Without Reservations
You're My Everything
Wendy Warren and the News (1947-1958) (R)
Army of Occupation (F)
Blonde Lipstick (F)
By-Line Dennie (F)
Contest, The (F)
Lady Takes an Interest, The (F)
Murder at the Mardi Gras (F)
Mr. Digby and the Frankenstein (F)
Whispering Hill (F)
Swift Home Service Club, The (1947-1948) (D)
1948
All Over The Town
Babe Ruth Story, The
Behind Locked Doors
Big Town Scandal (aka Underworld Scandal)
Black Widow, The
Campus Sleuth
Close-Up
Fountainhead, The
Gallant Legion, The
Homecoming
June Bride
Lady From Shanghai, The
Noose (aka Silk Noose, The)
On an Island with You
One Touch of Venus
Perilous Waters
Silk Noose, The (aka Noose)
State of the Union
Smart Woman
Strike It Rich
Superman: Serial, The
Supersabio, El
That Wonderful Urge
Velvet Touch, The
Armchair in Hell (F)
Behind the News (F)
Clue of the Red Wig, The (F)
D.A. Takes a Chance, The (F)
Vicki Vale (Batman) (CB)
Vanity Fair (1948-1951) (D)
1949
Angels in Disguise
Batman and Robin
Blonde Ice
Duke of Chicago
East Side, West Side
Follow Me Quietly
House Across the Street
King of the Rocket Men
Knock On Any Door
Lady Gambles, The
Lady Takes a Sailor, The
Lawless, The
Lone Wolf and His Lady, The
Ma and Pa Kettle Marry Me!
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Once More, My Darling
Paper Orchid
Red, Hot and Blue
Stop Press Girl
Sword in the Desert
Tough Assignment
Woman Hater
By-Line for Josie (F)
Do Not Murder Before Christmas (F)
Captain Zero (1949-1950) (F)
Chain, The (F)
Counter Charm (F)
D.A. Breaks an Egg, The (F)
Dardanelles Derelict (F)
Girl Not Wanted (F)
Lovely Lady Pity Me (F)
Millie's Big Story (F)
Nose For News (F)
Casey, Crime Photographer (1949-1950) (CB)
Homemaker’s Exchange (1949-1952) (D)
Inside Photoplay (D)
Needle Shop (D)