The best Priscilla Lane’s comedy movies

Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane

12/06/1915- 04/04/1995
Today we present the best Priscilla Lane’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Priscilla Lane’s movies.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/09/1944
  • Character: Elaine Harper Brewster
Mortimer 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!

Fun on a Weekend

Fun on a Weekend
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/05/1947
  • Character: Nancy Crane
Shy, 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.

Brother Rat and a Baby

Brother Rat and a Baby
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/01/1940
  • Character: Joyce Winfree
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.

Brother Rat

Brother Rat
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1938
  • Character: Joyce Winfree
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools
5.3/10
The romantic hills and valleys of advertising agency secretary Linda Lawrence (Priscilla Lane) provide the basis of this comedy drama. Unlike her soon-to-be-married roommate Nancy (Penny Singleton), Linda is determined to remain single and forge a strong career. She does have a suitor, Jimmy Hall (Wayne Morris), but he is not ambitious enough for her and she keeps her distance. The girl gets her chance to climb the corporate ladder after she invents a sure-fire cure for hangovers. Sure enough she begins her ascent. Meanwhile, her suitor continues to plead with her to leave her job and become his bride. But the secretary has fallen for ambitious adman Harry Galleon (Humphrey Bogart) who is already engaged. At this point, the stage is set for considerable romantic confusion .

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Cowboy from Brooklyn
5.7/10
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Love, Honor and Behave

Love, Honor and Behave
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/03/1938
  • Character: Barbara Blake Painter
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 31/05/1941
  • Character: Pamela McAllister
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

The Meanest Man in the World

The Meanest Man in the World
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/02/1943
  • Character: Janie Brown
Compassionate 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.

Swingtime in the Movies

Swingtime in the Movies
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 24/12/1938
  • Character: Herself (uncredited)
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Three Cheers for the Irish

Three Cheers for the Irish
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/03/1940
  • Character: Maureen Casey
Peter 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.

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/02/1939
  • Character: Ellen Murray
Ellen 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.

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