It Happened to Jane

Starring:Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Teddy Rooney, Russ Brown, Walter Greaza, Parker Fennelly, Mary Wickes, Philip Coolidge, Max Showalter, John Cecil Holm, Gina Gillespie, Dick Crockett, Napoleon Whiting, Dave Garroway, Robert Paige (IV), Garry Moore, Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows
Director: Richard Quine
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Doris Day was nearing her popular zenith, and Jack Lemmon just hitting his stride, when they teamed up for It Happened to Jane, a small-town comedy in the Capra vein. Doris is a widowed mom whose Maine lobster business is snarled by railroad tycoon Ernie Kovacs (hiding behind a skullcap and a huge cigar), the "meanest man in America." Her lawsuit against him, aided by lawyer-suitor Lemmon, gains national headlines. This is a curious movie: crucial scenes seem to have been left unwritten, while sequences involving Cub Scouts and an oddly impassioned Town Hall Meeting go on endlessly. Director Richard Quine was making some fun movies around this time (Bell, Book, and Candle), but the fizz is only intermittent here, mostly provided by Lemmon's jack-in-the-box youthfulness. Doris sings a couple of tunes and brings her downhome tomboy routine to New York City, where the movie employs some of the quaint TV personalities of the day. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

Quirky and fun.......2007-04-06

Classic Doris Day romantic comedy. Three cheers for the "little guy" standing up and winning against the "big corporation".

It Happened to Jane.......2007-03-08

I was required to see a movie and I choose this one because of the clean language, humor and overall pleasure in whatching a Doris Day movie.

It Happend to Jane 1959.......2007-02-12

In This romantic comedy , Jane Osgood ( Doris Day 1924 - ) ., a single mum with two children , is in the live lobster business . But when her first big order for the Marshall Town Country Club turns up dead through no fault of her own , it kills her chances for a successful season Discovering budget cuts at the railroad are to blame , she turns to George Denham (Jack Lemmon 1925 - 2001) , her longtime admirer and attorney , to seek compensation from the railroad tyrannnical owner Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs 1919 - 1962 ) . Jane wins in her local courthouse , but Malone agrees to pay for the lobster , not damages . She Refuses his offers hisoffer on principe and the battle is on . The Press has a field day with this modern-day David and Goliat story . And the whole country turns to Cape Anne , Maine to watch as one woman stands up to " The Meanest man in the world " it could happend to anyone but...IT HAPPEND TO JANE . The Romantic Comedy Classic That goes straight to the heart . High Quality transfer.

Too long.......2007-01-09

This movie may have had potential but they blew it with the long drawn out plot. It is rather boring and seems to have just been made to put forth a political agenda rather than entertain.

My Favourite Movie Star.......2007-01-05

I have been waiting to get this movie for years. I remember watching this movie about 20 years ago if not longer and i loved it, but it hasn't been on television since and i couldn't find it on vhs or dvd. when i joined amazon i was thrilled to find it and so many others like it. I was not dissappointed when i watched it.
Thank you amazon for having all my favourites.

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