Want to know the best Priscilla Lane movies? How about the worst Priscilla Lane movies? Curious about Priscilla Lane box office grosses or which Priscilla Lane movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Priscilla Lane movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Priscilla Lane (1915-1995) was an American actress who appeared in many box office successes from 1937 to 1948. Her IMDb page shows 23 acting credits from 1937-1948. This page will rank 22 Priscilla Lane movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. The only missing IMDb credit is an uncredited role in a short.
Drivel part of the page: This page comes from a request from Lupino…who just found UMR.com only a few days ago…..since her comments have been so interesting….her request of Priscilla Lane jumped right to the top of the request pile. Gotta admit our knowledge of Priscilla Lane was pretty limited before we researched this page…..now we realize she had a pretty impressive career.
Priscilla Lane Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Priscilla Lane Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Priscilla Lane movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Priscilla Lane movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Priscilla Lane movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Priscilla Lane movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Priscilla Lane movie received.
- Sort Priscilla Lane movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the sort and search button to make this a very interactive page. For example type in Ronald Reagan to see 4 Reagan/Lane movies.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Priscilla Lane
1. Priscilla Mullican was born in Indianola, Iowa born on June 12, 1915. In 1932 she adopted the surname “Lane”.
2. Priscilla Lane was the youngest of the Lane Sisters (Leota, Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla): The Lane Sisters were talented singers and dancers. Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla would appear in 4 movies together.
3. Priscilla Lane and her sister Rosemary were discovered by radio personality Fred Waring. Waring was also a band leader and put the sisters in his show.
4. Priscilla Lane’s big break was when Fred Waring and his band were signed by Warner Brothers to appear in the 1937 movie Varsity Show. Both Priscilla Lane and her sister Rosemary were quickly signed to multi-year contracts at Warner Brothers.
5. Priscilla Lane was considered for the role of Melanie Wilkes in 1939’s Gone with the Wind….Olivia de Havilland ended up with that part.
6. Priscilla Lane was married two times and had 4 children.
7. Priscilla Lane retired from films in 1943….to raise her family and to follow her husband (Air Force man) across America as he moved from one military base to another. So would return in the late 1940s for a brief time before leaving films again…this time for good.
8. Check out Priscilla Lane‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Hey Flora….thanks for stopping by and commenting….hope all is going well for you. So in our tally contest you are sitting in first place…though I did not get the finally tally from Lupino.
Flora 7 movies watched
Lupino 5 movies watched
Steve 3 movies watched
Cogerson 2 movies watched
Helakoski 1 movie watched
I like your favorites…as they are the two that I have seen….one with one of my favorite actors and one with my favorite director. Seems Dust Be My Destiny is a movie making many of the comments….might have to find and watch that one. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Hi again,
seems I have to be more precise here: On top of the already mentioned PL movies I’ve seen: Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous, Yes,my Darling Daughter, Million Dollar Baby and her swansong Bodygard. I have discovered Priscilla more than 3 decades ago, so I had plenty of time 🙂
Hey Lupino….thanks for the second tally count….so that now puts you in the lead
Lupino 9 movies watched
Flora 7 movies watched
Steve 3 movies watched
Cogerson 2 movies watched
Helakoski 1 movie watched
Congrats on the top spot….but even your total is less 50% of her movies….lol.
🙂 The problem is- time!!! There is a life away from movies, thus 2 more Lane movies are sitting on the shelf waiting to be watched. The other thing is that, living in Germany, many classic films are simply not available. That has improved somewhat with the DVD format, since you have the possibility to order in foreign markets now- still the movie has to be released somewhere in the world, and I am not paying ANY price asked. For example, a Maureen O’Hara TV movie I’d like to see is priced at over 300 € currently…forget it! No TCM here, and I don’t do torrents. But, on the other hand, the hunting is a lot of fun!
Hey Lupino….well…you could move to America…lol. Here the problem is finding the time to watch all the movies I want to watch. My area….has 7 pretty big cities…and each carries DVDs for free rental…I think the last time I looked they had almost 30,000 different titled movies…with some really specializing in classic movies. Needless to say my wallet is filled with library cards.
Yes indeed the hunt is fun….I know some of the movies I want to watch are sitting at YouTube just waiting for me to watch…but I rarely do it that way. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes look at how you get your hands on these classic movies.
Hey Lupino….you are welcome. When I looked at your suggestions….she was by far the easiest one for me to do quickly. First of all she only had 23 IMDb credits…then I saw that I already had 13 of her movies in my database…..so with only having to research 9 movies…Priscilla Lane went right to the front of the request line.
So that is at least 4 Lane movies you have seen….so I think you will do well in our tally contest….though I noticed Flora has a higher number. When I was doing the research for the “interesting facts” I noticed that it seemed her talents were noticed first….and that got her older sisters some nice breaks. Sounds like she had enough movie business when her Warner’s contract expired….but the Lane/Warner combo sure put some butts in the seats.
Glad you liked the page…and appreciate you sharing your thoughts on Priscilla Lane.
I have only seen one of her movies. I guess I saw the right one because you have it rated as her best movie.
Hey Helakoski….I think you are correct….you have seen the best Priscilla Lane movie…at least in my “Grant” biased mind…lol. I have seen Arsenic and Old Lace….and it is always a fun movie to watch.
Hi
Priscilla Lane was the perfect next door girl type. She shone brightly for a few years, holding her own against Garfield, Cagney, Grant, but in the end it wasn’t enough. She wanted a husband and a family and that was the choice she made. She didn’t lack the talent but obviously lacked the desire for stardom.
Hey Chris…thanks for sharing your thoughts on Priscilla Lane. The “Four” movies of the late 1930s are movies I see all the time when I am doing research….so I was glad to finally be able to get all the movies on one page. I imagine they might have been like the Twilight movies of our time….excluding the vampires and werewolves…lol. Just in regards…they were successful…and people liked them…just did not having a lasting impact on film buffs.
Yep…I agree….she decided on family versus movies…her last movie was at 33….an early retirement for sure. Thanks for commenting on the “perfect next door girl”. 🙂
I have seen 7 of Lane’s career. Arsenic and Old Lace and Sabateur are my favourites.
I have also seen The Roaring Twenties, Four Daughters, Brother Rat, Brother Rat and a Baby, and Dust Be My Destiny.
Hey Flora….thanks for stopping by and commenting….hope all is going well for you. So in our tally contest you are sitting in first place…though I did not get the finally tally from Lupino.
Flora 7 movies watched
Lupino 5 movies watched
Steve 3 movies watched
Cogerson 2 movies watched
Helakoski 1 movie watched
I like your favorites…as they are the two that I have seen….one with one of my favorite actors and one with my favorite director. Seems Dust Be My Destiny is a movie making many of the comments….might have to find and watch that one. Thanks for the visit and the comment.