Priscilla Lane
Actor · 1915 – 1995 · Indianola, Iowa, USA
Priscilla Lane (born Priscilla Mullican) was an American actress, and the youngest of the Lane Sisters of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (1942), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she plays the heroine, and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), in which she portrays Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.
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Movie7.6ComedyCrimeMortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.9ThrillerMysteryAircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Saboteur
1942 · 562 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaAfter World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · 274 votes
Movie6.8DramaRomanceFour married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Four Mothers
1941 · 6 votes
Movie6.1ThrillerCrimeA cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
Bodyguard
1948 · 31 votes
Movie6.6DramaMusicMusician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.
Four Daughters
1938 · 35 votes
Movie6.1ComedyThree comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · 4 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaEmbittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · 20 votes
Movie6.3ComedyRomanceA sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · 6 votes
Movie6.8MusicWinfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
Varsity Show
1937 · 9 votes
Movie7.2ComedyRomanceShy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMusicIn this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Swingtime in the Movies
1938 · 14 votes
Movie6.0ComedyStory of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Brother Rat
1938 · 3 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceIn this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
Four Wives
1939 · 11 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceLinda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
Men Are Such Fools
1938 · 10 votes
Movie4.5ComedyRomanceEllen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend their last weekend together in a tourist cabin at a rural lake. Her family is shocked that a young unmarried woman would engage in such amoral activity. The comic plot develops as Ellen argues her case for women's freedom and independence, trying to win over her mother, grandmother, and other dubious relatives.
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · 4 votes
Movie6.9ComedyCompassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
The Meanest Man in the World
1943 · 5 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaA struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Blues in the Night
1941 · 31 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWesternA singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 · 2 votes
Movie6.0WesternA beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Silver Queen
1942 · 8 votes
Movie3.8ComedyComedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
Love, Honor and Behave
1938 · 6 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyPeter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more unprepared for the romance that develops between his favorite daughter, Maureen, and the Scottish cop who takes over his beat.
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940 · 4 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceNan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Daughters Courageous
1939 · 10 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryComedyFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Breakdowns of 1939
1939 · 2 votes