Blonde Comet

PRC was among the cheapest and worst studios of its era. Even for the so-called 'Poverty Row' studios of the day, PRC's movies were lousy. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but most of their movies starred third-rate actors, had cheap scripts and were among the lowest of budgets. "Blonde Comet" is generally what you'd expect from the studio.

The film is about half story and half using stock footage of various car races in order to save money. The story, for what it is, involves an amazingly good female race car driver and a sexist driver who she's fallen for...though you have no reason to understand why. She's at least his equal in ability but he insists that if they ever marry, she'll have to give up racing...and probably remain barefoot, pregnant and chained in the kitchen! It's all very antiquated...and the overall message seems to be that YES a woman should subvert all of her skills and ambitions to catch the man!

So is there anything I liked about the film? Yes. Vince Barnett was much better than usual in a supporting role. He was cute and enjoyable...and not the dopey type guy he usually played. I also liked seeing Barney Oldfield playing a supporting character, as Oldfield was a massively talented race car driver way back in the earliest days of racing. But apart from that, the script seemed sexist even for 1941 and would most likely make many women's heads explode if they watch it today. Add to that the overuse of stock footage and you have a film that is easy to skip.