Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film starring the Lane Sisters ( Priscilla Lane , Rosemary Lane , Lola Lane ) and Gale Page . The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and is based on the story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst . The supporting cast features Claude Rains , Jeffrey Lynn , Eddie Albert , Frank McHugh and Dick Foran . The picture is a sequel to Four Daughters (1938) and was followed by Four Mothers (1941). Four Wives was released by Warner Bros. on December 25, 1939.
15-531: Rosemary Lane may refer to: Rosemary Lane (actress) (1914–1974), one of the Lane Sisters Rosemary Lane (song) , a British folk song Rosemary Lane (album) , a 1971 recording by Bert Jansch Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rosemary Lane . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-744: A career selling real estate from an office in Pacific Palisades . In 1942, a street in Burbank, California , was named Rosemary Lane in her honor. Lane married Hollywood makeup artist George H. "Bud" Westmore on December 28, 1941. They were married for 13 years and had a daughter, Bridget Westmore. The couple divorced in 1954. Like her sisters Lola and Priscilla, Lane was a Roman Catholic convert. Lane died of diabetes and pulmonary obstruction at Motion Picture Country Hospital on November 25, 1974, in Woodland Hills, California at
45-528: A film actress of her era by becoming a Broadway star in the musical Best Foot Forward , as Gale Joy, which opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 1, 1941. It closed after 326 performances on the Fourth of July 1942. Lane closed out her film career in 1945 with Sing Me a Song of Texas , as nightclub singer Laurie Lang, the niece of a wealthy Texas rancher. She began
60-511: A normal, happy life complete with her child, nieces and nephews. Critic Frank Nugent of The New York Times wrote: "Sequels so rarely even approximate the quality of their originals that the Warners deserve a special word of commendation this morning for their 'Four Wives,' the Strand's inevitable aftermath to the 'Four Daughters' which appeared on most of the ten-best lists last year. For it
75-476: A renowned dance teacher. The girls made their first professional appearance on September 30, 1930, at Des Moines' Paramount Theater. In 1930, Rosemary performed on stage as part of the entertainment accompanying the release of her sister Lola 's Hollywood movie Good News . Rosemary, a member of the National Honor Society , graduated from Indianola High in 1931 and attended Simpson College for
90-476: A while, playing on the freshman basketball team. In 1932 Rosemary moved with her mother to New York, where her older sisters Leota and Lola had already made their debuts on Broadway . Fred Waring , an orchestra leader, heard Rosemary and Priscilla singing, and contracted the Lane sisters to join his band, The Pennsylvanians . Rosemary and Priscilla remained with Fred Waring for almost five years. In 1937, Waring
105-412: Is a singularly happy film, well-written, well-directed and well-played, and it reconciles us tranquilly to the vista it has opened of a 'Four Mothers' (although part of that already has been realized), a 'Four Grandmothers' and possibly a 'Four Granddaughters.' The film runs its course entertainingly, making its little jokes about fatherhood, having its fun with the new matrimonial prospect's introduction to
120-406: Is dating young doctor Clint Forrest Jr., and Emma and Thea wish to have children. Ann, engaged to musical composer Felix Dietz, suddenly discovers that she is pregnant with her deceased husband's child. Unable to forget Mickey, she is unsure about marrying Felix. A flashback shows Mickey playing an unfinished musical composition “that has only a middle…no beginning…no ending” and Ann frequently replays
135-529: The age of 61. She was buried in an unmarked grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California with a grave marker finally placed in 2012. Four Wives Ann Lemp Borden has been recently widowed, after her husband Mickey Borden, a down-and-out and unlucky musical genius, is tragically killed in a car accident . She now lives at home again with her father, Aunt Etta and next oldest sister Kay. Her two other sisters Emma and Thea are married. Kay
150-465: The family, regaining its dignity in the moments devoted to consideration of the posthumous problem child. The old cast has been assembled again: the Lane sisters, Gale Page, Claude Rains, May Robson, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran and Mr. Lynn; John Garfield appears briefly in memories, and Eddie Albert is the new young man, a young doctor with a high opinion of Pasteur and Ehrlich (both being Warner productions). A pleasant family reunion all around, in fact, being
165-462: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosemary_Lane&oldid=933096446 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rosemary Lane (actress) Rosemary Lane (born Rosemary Mullican ; April 4, 1913 – November 25, 1974)
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#1732791442749180-577: The similarly themed Daughters Courageous in 1939, and in two sequels, Four Wives in 1939 and Four Mothers in 1941. She also starred in The Oklahoma Kid in 1939, playing a 'real girl of the West' who falls in love with James Cagney , while Humphrey Bogart plays the 'real villain'. Lane earned good reviews for The Boys from Syracuse in 1940, based on Rodgers and Hart 's Broadway hit of 1938. The next year she made an unusual move for
195-514: The tune in her head or on her piano. Ann is distressed over the raw deal that life has dealt to Mickey. Felix eventually convinces Ann to marry him and they elope, but Ann is still caught up in the past tragedy. Felix finishes Mickey's composition and conducts it nationally on radio, making a speech commemorating Mickey's genius and untimely death. Convinced now that Mickey Borden did not die in vain , Ann comes back to reality, rediscovers her love for Felix and, together with her family, goes on to have
210-696: Was an American actress and singer. She is known for her performances with Lola and Priscilla as the Lane Sisters and Fred Waring 's Pennsylvanians in the 1930s, and for her film career in the 1930s to 1940s. Rosemary was born in Indianola, Iowa , in 1913, to dentist Lorenzo Mullican and his wife, Cora Bell Hicks. She had four sisters ( Leotabel (Leota) , Dorothy (Lola), Martha and Priscilla, three of whom later had careers in entertainment. As children, Rosemary and her sister Priscilla traveled to Des Moines every weekend to study dancing with Rose Lorenz,
225-788: Was engaged by Warner Bros. in Hollywood to appear with his entire band in Varsity Show , a musical starring Dick Powell . Both Rosemary and Priscilla took feature roles in the film. Lane's next film was the musical Hollywood Hotel , in which she co-starred with sister Lola, and Powell, before starring in Gold Diggers in Paris , opposite Rudy Vallee . Priscilla, Rosemary, and Lola appeared as three of four sisters (the fourth being Gale Page ) in Four Daughters in 1938; in
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