The Bamboo Blonde

The Bamboo Blonde is a 1946 American film directed by Anthony Mann based on an original story Chicago Lulu by Wayne Whittaker, and starring Frances Langford and Ralph Edwards in a patriotic War movie.

In the Pacific, after realizing that a string of their bad luck has to be broken, Captain Ransom acquiesces to the crew painting the image of Bamboo Blonde on the nose of his bomber, as the crew members think that the striking blonde singer they had seen, is his girl. The Bamboo Blonde becomes famous when the B29 sinks a Japanese battleship and shoots down numerous Japanese fighter aircraft. The armed forces decides to bring the Bamboo Blonde and its crew back home to sell war bonds across the country and Clark knows that he can exploit his singers connection to the famous bomber. Back in New York, the Captain leaves his fiance and seeks out Louise, who has also fallen in love with the pilot.In May 1943, RKO originally advertised that a countrywide series of contests would be used to find an unknown to portray The Bamboo Blonde in a future romantic comedy feature.Directed by film auteur Anthony Mann, helming only his 11th film as a director, who was known later mostly for working with James Stewart on primarily western films like The Naked Spur 1953, film noir and epics in his last years, this early film in his career, is typical of a period when Mann accepted any and all assignments in a variety of genres. ........

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