 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, John Alexander, John Ridgely, Edward McNamara, Grant Mitchell
This classic comedic tale is about the predicament of Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) who discovers that his old maid aunts have been poisoning lonely old men and burying them in the basement. Adding to the quirky household is Uncle Teddy (John Alexander) who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt. Cary Grant excels in his role of the nephew who must bring sense to the chaos. Cary Grant: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."
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Blues in the Night 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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Brother Rat 1938  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Henry O'Neill, Olin Howland, Gordon Oliver
Three cadets (Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris, and Ronald Reagan) at Virginia Military Institute conceal a forbidden marriage that would mean dismissal from the cadet corps if discovered. This film was remade in 1952 as the musical "About Face." There is also a sequel: "Brother Rat and a Baby."
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Brother Rat and a Baby 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan, Henry O'Neill, Alan Ladd, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon
This sequel to "Brother Rat" has Virginia Military Institute cadets (Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris, and Eddie Albert) graduated and on the road to success as young men in New York.
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The Cowboy from Brooklyn 1938  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Emma Dunn, Elisabeth Risdon, James Stephenson, Hobart Cavanaugh
As a ploy to obtain a radio job, a young singer (Dick Powell) pretends he is really a cowboy.
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Daughters Courageous 1939 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, May Robson, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh
This sequel to "Four Daughters" takes up with their father (Claude Rains) returning home and continues the romantic escapades of the four sisters.
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Four Daughters 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Claude Rains, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, May Robson, Dick Foran
Four sisters in the Lemp family find love and happiness in this popular film that spawned "Daughters Courageous," "Four Wives," and "Four Mothers." The movie was remade as "Young at Heart." Five Academy Award nominations including Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor.
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Four Mothers 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, May Robson, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran
This sequel to "Four Daughters" and "Four Wives" continues the Lemp family saga as the four sisters are now married and anxious to start their own families.
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Four Wives 1939 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield, Frank McHugh, Eddie Albert, May Robson, Dick Foran, Henry O'Neill, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane
This sequel to "Four Daughters" again features the Lemp sisters–now married and raising their own families.
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Men Are Such Fools 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, Penny Singleton, Mona Barrie, Donald Briggs, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
A secretary (Priscilla Lane) at an advertising agency is out to climb the ladder of success, but her boyfriend (Wayne Morris) wants her to quit and get married. When she invents a cure for hangovers, she is on her way and love triangles abound. Will she get the aggressive Harry (Humphrey Bogart) or stay with her solid boyfriend? One of Berkeley's few non-musicals.
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 The Million Dollar Baby 1941  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Ronald Reagan, May Robson, Lee Patrick, Helen Westley, John Ridgely, Walter Catlett, Richard Carle, George Barbier
When Pamela McAllister (Priscilla Lane) suddenly finds herself a wealthy woman, problems develop in the romance department. 1 User Review
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| | Charming Flick | kitkat53098 09/12/2009 | | I loved this movie. Fun and whimsical. If you enjoy May Robson and Ronald Reagan, you will love this relaxing B & W comedy. |
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 The Roaring Twenties 1939  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Eddie Acuff, Joseph Crehan, George Meeker, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott
When Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) returns to America as a veteran of World War I, he fails to find conventional employment. Instead, he forms a successful bootlegging business and is joined by wartime friend George Hally (Humphrey Bogart). Coming to their aid is another buddy, lawyer Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn). This is one of the better gangster films made in Hollywood.
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 Saboteur 1942 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Clem Bevans, Alma Kruger, Vaughan Glaser, Dorothy Peterson, Ian Wolfe
In this good Alfred Hitchcock film, World War II factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is on the run with Patricia Marlin (Priscilla Lane) after being falsely accused of sabotage. Following closely on their heels are both Nazi agents and the police. The Statue of Liberty is the scene of the rousing climax.
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Varsity Show 1937 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Dick Powell, Fred Waring and his Orchestra, Ted Healy, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Walter Catlett, Johnnie Davis, Ford Washington Lee, John William Sublett, Sterling Holloway, Mabel Todd, Scotty Bates, George MacFarland, Poley McClintock
After Broadway producer Chuck Daly (Dick Powell) volunteers to produce a show at his alma mater, Winfield College, a dean, Professor Sylvester Biddle (Walter Catlett) opposes the idea of bring Broadway "trash" into the school. Daly bows out of the stage production, and, instead, arranges for Busby Berkeley to stage a hit show on Broadway starring the students. Songs include "Love is on the Air Tonight," Moonlight on the Campus," and "Old King Cole." This film marks the film debut of Fred Waring and the Lane sisters.
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| 1. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
2. Blues in the Night (1941)
3. Brother Rat (1938)
4. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
5. The Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
6. Daughters Courageous (1939)
7. Four Daughters (1938)
8. Four Mothers (1941)
9. Four Wives (1939)
10. Men Are Such Fools (1938)
11. The Million Dollar Baby (1941)
12. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
13. Saboteur (1942)
14. Varsity Show (1937)
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