FrameThrower · Actors · Priscilla Lane
Priscilla Lane
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1939–1942
Born 12 June 1915 · Indianola, Iowa, USA · died 4 April 1995
Priscilla Lane was an American actress, and the youngest of the Lane Sisters of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (1942), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she plays the heroine, and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), in which she portrays Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Priscilla takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Priscilla takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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