by Hans J. Wollstein
biography
Discovered by director Al Herman, tall, dark-haired Leone Lane had dabbled in dress designing and been a dancer prior to earning the feminine lead in a series of FBO two-reelers. The exposure landed her a contract with Paramount and she was cast as Esther Ralston's friend Pepi in the romantic comedy The Case of Lena Smith (1929), a late silent directed by Josef Von Sternberg. She played a similar role in Clara Bow's The Saturday Night Kid (1929), a talkie, but her roles thereafter were miniscule and mostly unbilled. Lane's death was attributed to a cardiovascular disease.
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Dante's Inferno
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1935 | |||
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The Saturday Night Kid
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1929 | |||
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Wolf Song
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1929 |