Lola Lane

Born: 1906-05-21

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Lane Sisters were a family of American singers and actresses. The sisters were Leota Lane (October 25, 1903 – July 25, 1963), Lola Lane (May 21, 1906 – June 22, 1981), Rosemary Lane (April 4, 1913 – November 25, 1974) and Priscilla Lane (June 12, 1915 – April 4, 1995). Lola, Rosemary, and Priscilla co-starred in four films together: Four Daughters (1938), Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941). Leota did not find the same success as her sisters and left Hollywood for New York City before the sisters' breakthrough. [Lola] was second lead to Bette Davis in the melodrama, Marked Woman, and won critical acclaim. Lola played the part of Gaby, a tough clip joint "hostess". Warners awarded her a contract in 1937 and her looks suited the hard-edged roles she found at Warners. Lola continued her career into the 1940s with her tough girl persona in dramas such as Convicted Woman (1940), Gangs of Chicago (1940), Mystery Ship (1941), Miss V from Moscow (1942) and Lost Canyon (1942), although she desperately wanted to break away from her type-casting . She retired at the age of forty in 1946. Her last three films – Why Girls Leave Home (1945) as Irene Mitchell, Deadline at Dawn (1946) as Edna Bartelli, and They Made Me a Killer (1946) as Betty Ford – had her in supporting roles. The above is from the Wikipedia article for "Lane Sisters".


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Marked Woman

as Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin
Released: 1937-04-10

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...

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Deadline at Dawn

as Edna Bartelli
Released: 1946-03-18

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag...

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Four Daughters

as Thea Lemp
Released: 1938-08-09

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live...

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Convicted Woman

as Hazel Wren
Released: 1940-01-31

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

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Alias Mary Dow

as Minnie
Released: 1935-05-01

A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.

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Buckskin Frontier

as Rita Molyneaux
Released: 1943-05-14

A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.

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Daughters Courageous

as Linda Masters
Released: 1939-06-23

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam...

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They Made Me a Killer

as Betty Ford
Released: 1946-05-03

A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and...

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Hell Bound

as Platinum Reed
Released: 1931-05-01

Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be...

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Hollywood Hotel

as Mona Marshall
Released: 1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall...

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Gangs of Chicago

as June Whitaker
Released: 1940-05-18

A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends...

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Four Mothers

as Thea Lemp Crowley
Released: 1941-01-04

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as Herself
Released: 1942-10-05

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...

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The Woman Condemned

as Jane Merrick
Released: 1934-04-03

When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young...

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Identity Unknown

as Wanda
Released: 1945-04-02

A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he...

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Torchy Blane in Panama

as Torchy Blane
Released: 1938-05-07

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...

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Why Girls Leave Home

as Irene Mitchell
Released: 1945-10-09

In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated...

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Murder on a Honeymoon

as Phyllis La Font
Released: 1935-02-22

A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets...

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Public Stenographer

as Ann McNair
Released: 1934-01-09

A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.

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Four Wives

as Thea Lemp Crowley
Released: 1939-12-22

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as...

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Lost Canyon

as Laura Clark
Released: 1942-12-18

Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends...

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Ticket to a Crime

as Peggy Cummings
Released: 1934-12-14

After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he...

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Girls of the Road

as Ellie
Released: 1940-07-24

A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and...

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When Were You Born

as Nita Kenton
Released: 1938-06-18

A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police...

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Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as Marjorie Temple
Released: 1934-06-15

Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by...

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The Girl from Havana

as Joan Anders
Released: 1929-09-22

Joan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in...

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Death from a Distance

as Kay Palmer
Released: 1935-07-03

While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one...

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His Night Out

as Lola
Released: 1935-10-01

When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he...

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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

as Lila Beaumont
Released: 1929-05-25

Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in...

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Speakeasy

as Alice Woods
Released: 1929-03-08

Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of...

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Ex-Bad Boy

as Letta Lardo
Released: 1931-07-15

A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his...

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Good News

as Pat
Released: 1930-08-22

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

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Mystery Ship

as Patricia Marshall
Released: 1941-09-03

FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and...

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The Costello Case

as Mollie
Released: 1930-10-14

An Irish policeman handles gangsters, a mystery woman and a wise-guy reporter.

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The Big Fight

as Shirley
Released: 1930-05-11

Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion...

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Steppin' in Society

as The Duchess
Released: 1945-07-09

In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that...

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Miss V from Moscow

as Vera Marova
Released: 1942-11-23

Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane,...

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Mr. Chump

as Jane Mason
Released: 1938-08-08

A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.

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Port of Lost Dreams

as Molly Deshon / Molly Clark Christensen
Released: 1934-10-14

A gangster's girlfriend on the run from the police, who suspect her of helping her boyfriend...

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Zanzibar

as Jan Browning
Released: 1940-03-08

A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is...

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Let's Go Places

as Marjorie Lorraine
Released: 1930-02-02

A musical comedy in which a young and ambitious singer impersonates a famous operatic tenor.

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