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Blondie Johnson
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Blondie Johnson’s (Joan Blondell) been kicked around by the depression: her mother is dead, and she can’t find a job anywhere without some schmoozing boss trying to take advantage of her. Her main drive becomes swindling and forgetting about honesty. Befriending a taxi driver (Sterling Holloway), they begin to con whomever they can get their hands on.Blondie’s smart, she’s brutal, and she doesn’t believe in any of this “female wiles” business either; it’s always business before pleasure at all times. Her wits and determination is what she uses to get her way.Eventually, her small-time con catches the eye of Danny Jones (Chester Morris), the second-hand to a big gangster, Max (Arthur Vinton). Blondie sees an opportunity with Jones and decides to help him free Louis (Allen Jenkins), his pal, from a sure-fire conviction. With Danny at her side, Blondie works up the underground ladder. However, Danny’s the only one that’s made her business before pleasure motto a hard one to follow.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Max, on the other hand, is none too pleased with Danny, so he literally runs Danny over for getting too ambitious. Knowing the threat that Max poses, Blondie schemes to rub him out once and for all. The gang, run by Blondie’s genius, snuff Max out, and Danny starts running the front, making their business schemes look legitimate.Unsurprisingly, Danny’s head starts to get big, forgetting who helped him get there. He manages to enrage Blondie, so she gives him the boot, and now she's the one in charge.Directed by Ray Enright, Blondie Johnson (1933) was Blondell’s first solo starring role, and a rare gangster flick where the gangster is a woman. Even more surprising for a pre-code, she doesn’t use sex to get what she wants. | |
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The Stoic | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_1c5002bc | comment |
The Stoic: Blondie for the majority of the film. | |
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The Stool Pigeon | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_1fb4d915 | comment |
The Stool Pigeon: Danny. Or so Blondie and the gang believed until her lawyer tells her it was an eye-witness who ratted out on Louis. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: The 1930s were not fun unless you're filthy stinking rich. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_2d4dd397 | type |
Gold Digger | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_2d4dd397 | comment |
Golddigger: Gladys, Max’s girlfriend, eventually becomes Danny’s fiancée, but she ditches him once he becomes poor. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_3866ab91 | type |
Deceased Parents Are the Best | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best: Blondie’s mother dies at the beginning of the film and propels the plot of Blondie deciding to make all the money that she can by swindling. | |
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Trouser Space | |
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Trouser Space: Blondie gets a pat down, and they find a gun near her nether regions. | |
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Funny Foreigner | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_434d893c | comment |
Funny Foreigner: During Louis' trial, a Swedish spectator falls for Blondie’s story of being madly in love with Louis in order to pull the jurors’ heartstrings, and inadvertently, she makes the spectator fall in love with her. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_44f5d199 | type |
Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: Once Blondie’s in the money, she starts wearing an array of furs. | |
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Women Are Wiser | |
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Women Are Wiser: Blondie is the whole brains of the operations, and uses her smarts to get ahead in the mob business. | |
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No Honor Among Thieves | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_5937a87c | comment |
No Honor Among Thieves: While Louis is being tried, Max decides to take over his side of the business. Later on, everyone believes Danny spilled the beans about Max’s murder because Blondie kicked him out of the business. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_72b0dfd2 | type |
Being Good Sucks | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_72b0dfd2 | comment |
Being Good Sucks: Propels Blondie to get into the con business. | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality: Society has screwed Blondie over, and now it’s time for Blondie to screw over society! | |
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Token Minority | |
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Token Minority: A rare example from a 1930s film with LuLu, Blondie’s friend, played by Toshia Mori. | |
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Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_75d6bf40 | comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Danny and Blondie have loads of it. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: When Blondie kicks Danny out. | |
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Lonely at the Top | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_7f8fd503 | comment |
Lonely at the Top: Managing to get all the money she could ask for, Blondie feels depressed that she can't have Danny too. | |
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Sleeping Their Way to the Top | |
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Sleeping Their Way to the Top: Averted to the point that Blondie’s friends ask her why she won’t give Danny a tumble when it’s obvious they like each other. | |
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The Great Depression | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_8a986cc7 | comment |
The Great Depression: There's people who have everything, then the people who have nothing. | |
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Behind Every Great Man | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_8f8402a9 | comment |
Behind Every Great Man: There’s a Blondie Johnson to think of all the ideas and not get much of the credit until she’s had enough. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_9d080c44 | type |
Ice Queen | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_9d080c44 | comment |
Ice Queen: It’s always business before pleasure with Blondie. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_a5d92fce | type |
Celibate Hero | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_a5d92fce | comment |
Celibate Hero: Heroine. Blondie has to fight Danny off constantly. | |
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| Blondie Johnson / int_a7850fbf | type |
Only Known by Their Nickname | |
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Only Known by Their Nickname: Blondie is never called by her actual name, Virginia. | |
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Gray Rain of Depression | |
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Gray Rain of Depression: Blondie runs through the rain to find out that her mother has finally succumbed to pneumonia. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: When Blondie realizes Danny wasn’t a stoolie. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: What did you expect out of a Joan Blondell picture? | |
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Dead-Hand Shot | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_b1e81ef2 | comment |
Dead-Hand Shot: The scene where Max is bumped off by rivals has a tommy gun poking through a hidden panel and opening fire. The next shot shows Max's bloody hand flopping over, dropping a cigarette. | |
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Left for Dead | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_b64b1fc1 | comment |
Left for Dead: Danny, and he lives to go to jail! | |
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Clear My Name | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_bc3cb7ff | comment |
Clear My Name: Inverted: Blondie’s creates a fraud scheme to get a jewelry store to pay for their “insurance.” She bought a bracelet for $4600, and tries to sell it for $600. The jewelers find out, and think she gave them a bad check, so they arrest her for fraud. Turns out it wasn’t a bad check, and Blondie pretends to be a grand lady who threatens to sue to clear her name, but Danny comes in with his “insurance” trick to get the jeweler out of the sticky situation. | |
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Simple, yet Opulent | |
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Simple, yet Opulent: All of Blondie’s dresses are a classic example of this. | |
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I Will Wait for You | |
| Blondie Johnson / int_c8d6d621 | comment |
I Will Wait for You: Both Danny and Blondie vow to be together after they serve their jail sentences. | |
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Feet-First Introduction | |
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Feet-First Introduction: The introduction shows all of the runs in Blondie's stockings. | |
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Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster! | |
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Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!: A rare female example with Blondie: she gets all the money she could want but realizes it's Lonely at the Top. | |
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Downer Beginning | |
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Downer Beginning: Rain, welfare, and dead mothers. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: The Swedish guy who fell in love with Blondie from afar comes to her house once with roses, and another time with chocolates, but always finds Danny at the door to tell him to scram. | |
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Behind Every Great Man / int_efd4726a | |
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Funny Foreigner / int_efd4726a | |
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Gender-Inverted Trope / int_efd4726a | |
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Left for Dead / int_efd4726a | |
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Lonely at the Top / int_efd4726a | |
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No Honor Among Thieves / int_efd4726a | |
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The Great Depression / int_efd4726a | |
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The Stoic / int_efd4726a | |
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Trouser Space / int_efd4726a |
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