Incendiary Blonde
Incendiary Blonde is a 1945 American musical drama film biography of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall and loosely based on a true story, the picture stars actress Betty Hutton as Guinan. The film's title is a play on incendiary bombs being used in World War II.
Plot
A tomboy named Mary Louise "Texas" Guinan lands a job with a Wild West show after proving she can ride a bucking bronco. The rodeo's new owner is Romero "Bill" Kilgannon, who doubles Texas's pay after the attention she gets from saving a toddler's life from a runaway wagon at a show.
More details
| author | Claude Binyon Frank Butler |
|---|---|
| director | George Marshall |
| editor | Archie Marshek |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | arrest bloodshed end impoverished family new car press agent tomboy wild west show |
| musicBy | John Leipold Robert E. Dolan |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
| producer | Joseph Sistrom |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | biographical biographical drama musical drama |