Lola Lane
Biography: 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".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 21, 1906
Deathday: June 22, 1981
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Marked Woman
1937-04-10
Marked Woman
Overview: In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-10
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Deadline at Dawn
1946-03-18
Deadline at Dawn
Overview: A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-18
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They Made Me a Killer
1946-05-03
They Made Me a Killer
Overview: A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-03
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Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
Hollywood Hotel
Overview: After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-15
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Four Daughters
1938-08-09
Four Daughters
Overview: Musician 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.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-09
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Lost Canyon
1942-12-18
Lost Canyon
Overview: Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-18
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Girls of the Road
1940-07-24
Girls of the Road
Overview: A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, dodging the police, do-gooders, lustful men and pursuing-husbands in a bad mood. One of them is a killer, another is a girl hitch-hiking to her wedding in order to afford a wedding gown, and there is also the Governor's daughter who crusades on their behalf, while hitch-hiking along with them.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-24
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Murder on a Honeymoon
1935-02-22
Murder on a Honeymoon
Overview: A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Identity Unknown
1945-04-02
Identity Unknown
Overview: A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-02
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Four Wives
1939-12-22
Four Wives
Overview: In 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-22
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Buckskin Frontier
1943-05-14
Buckskin Frontier
Overview: A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-14
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Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
Daughters Courageous
Overview: Nan 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-23
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Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four Mothers
Overview: Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-04
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Convicted Woman
1940-01-31
Convicted Woman
Overview: A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-31
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934-06-15
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Overview: Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by rich oil speculators who know her land actually is worth millions. When they try to put her out of business for good, young race driver Burn 'em Up Barnes comes to her rescue - again and again and again.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-15
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Death from a Distance
1935-07-03
Death from a Distance
Overview: While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-03
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Torchy Blane in Panama
1938-05-07
Torchy Blane in Panama
Overview: Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-07
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Mr. Chump
1938-08-08
Mr. Chump
Overview: A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-08
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The Woman Condemned
1934-04-03
The Woman Condemned
Overview: When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter Jerry Beall, who sets out to prove her innocence.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-03
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Public Stenographer
1934-01-09
Public Stenographer
Overview: A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-09
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Port of Lost Dreams
1934-10-14
Port of Lost Dreams
Overview: A gangster's girlfriend on the run from the police, who suspect her of helping her boyfriend commit a robbery, holes up in a waterfront bar. She stows away on a fishing boat headed out to sea, and winds up falling in love with and marrying one of the fishermen, but doesn't tell him about her past. However, a year after they're married and have a child, her ex-boyfriend gets out of jail and comes looking for her.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-14
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Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09
Why Girls Leave Home
Overview: In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
Genres: Drama Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-09
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Ticket to a Crime
1934-12-14
Ticket to a Crime
Overview: After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-14
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When Were You Born
1938-06-18
When Were You Born
Overview: A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-18
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Good News
1930-08-22
Good News
Overview: A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-22
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Overview: Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-03
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The Big Fight
1930-05-11
The Big Fight
Overview: Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-11
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His Night Out
1935-10-01
His Night Out
Overview: When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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Ex-Bad Boy
1931-07-15
Ex-Bad Boy
Overview: A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-15
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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929-05-25
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Overview: Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-25
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Miss V from Moscow
1942-11-23
Miss V from Moscow
Overview: Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noel Madison and Howard Banks. When a Soviet secret agent discovers her uncanny resemblance to a dead Nazi spy, she infiltrates the enemy and works to save U.S. ships from German submarines. Assisting her on her mission are French underground agents, along with an American serving in the British armed forces.
Genres: War Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-23
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Alias Mary Dow
1935-05-01
Alias Mary Dow
Overview: A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-01
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The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05
The Sheik Steps Out
Overview: In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-05
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The Girl from Havana
1929-09-22
The Girl from Havana
Overview: Joan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in a musical comedy troupe to capture a gang of jewel thieves.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-22
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Steppin' in Society
1945-07-09
Steppin' in Society
Overview: In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a shady nightclub where he is mistaken by the mobsters for a highly esteemed racketeer.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-09
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Mystery Ship
1941-09-03
Mystery Ship
Overview: FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees attempt to take over the ship.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-03
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Gangs of Chicago
1940-05-18
Gangs of Chicago
Overview: A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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In Paris, A.W.O.L.
1936-04-01
In Paris, A.W.O.L.
Overview: Three vaudeville actors after being suspected of a jewel theft and going off to war in 1917 are reconciled in 1917.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-01
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942-10-05
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Overview: Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-05
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The Costello Case
1930-10-14
The Costello Case
Overview: An Irish policeman handles gangsters, a mystery woman and a wise-guy reporter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-14
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Speakeasy
1929-03-08
Speakeasy
Overview: Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-08
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Let's Go Places
1930-02-02
Let's Go Places
Overview: A musical comedy in which a young and ambitious singer impersonates a famous operatic tenor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-02
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Zanzibar
1940-03-08
Zanzibar
Overview: A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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Hell Bound
1931-05-01
Hell Bound
Overview: Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn apart by an old book of magic.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-01
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
1930-02-01
The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
Overview: This short was included on the recently released Harry Langdon: Lost and Found collection. This entertainment show features various Hollywood stars and this episode includes Langdon, Lola Lane, Harry Jolson, Lew Cody and Armida. There's really nothing too special here with the exception of it being of minor historic interest.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-01
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