In BLONDIE JOHNSON ('33), Joan Blondell portrays an honest woman who becomes a gun-moll during hard times in the Depression. There's an early feminist slant as she aspires to become a crime boss herself but refuses to use sex to get ahead in the mob world. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Anchored by Joan Blondell, Busby Berkeley's 'Remember My Forgotten Man' number was personal for Berkeley. The horrors of WWI were still lingering for him and the public. It depicts veterans returning, neglected and forgotten. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Classic Hollywood’s consummate scene-stealing sidekick, Joan Blondell enjoyed a successful screen career for nearly five decades, but it was during the anything-goes era of the early 1930s—when dames, gold diggers, and good-time girls were cinematic staples—that she reached her zenith. Her vivacious energy and wisecracking persona were perfectly suited to the punchy, fast-paced style of her home studio, Warner Bros., and no matter the genre she exuded an irresistible, naughty-but-nice irreverenc