It Happened to Jane
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Movie Reviews of It Happened to Jane
Movie Review: Doris Day at her best
Summary: 5 Stars
I can only confirm the above rave reviews for this movies - it's my favorite Doris Day-movie and I already wrote to Columbia 2 years ago, that they should release it on DVD, since it was not even released on Laserdisc. I read in one of the above reviews that the movie should be titled "Plain Jane" - in the 3rd Bear Family-Records-CD-Box ("Que sera" - recommended as well!) one can read that actually the movie was intended to be titled after the novel it is based upon - "That Jane from Maine". That CD-Box also includes 2 versions of the never-before-released recording of the song "That Jane from Main", Doris recorded for this movie (in the meantime also available on a Sony-Comilation). It`s the same melody as "It happened to Jane" (which had to be recorded after the movie had been re-titeled), but a completely different arrangement, faster, with the drummer imitating a steam engine as intro - the lyrics are totally different as well.
It`s a pity - since DVD and soundtrack-recording belong to Sony (Columbia)- that this different song -and perhaps the original soundtrack- was not put onto the DVD as an extra. If they could not find bonus film material that's one thing, the songs would have been possible. But that of course would have required creative energy...
Enjoy the movie :-)
Movie Review: Watch this great film tonight, and see what happened to jane
Summary: 5 Stars
I almost fell of my chair when I saw this.
I have a VHS of this rare movie in my DOris Day Collection since I own all 39/39 of her films. And this is one of my all time favorites. Doris Day plays Jane Osgood, a young widow with 2 young children, and she owns a lobster business. Well her lobsters come back dead in the train and she finds out that they wern't taken to there destination soon enough. Because of the new President of the Railroad Company Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs). So she and her lawyer/boyfriend/lifetime friend Jack Lemmon. GO to fight against him and at the end she wins, and Harry Foster Malone becomes a new nicer man then he was before. This movie also features a few great Doris Day songs including It Happened To Jane, and Be Prepared. This is a great movie that I highly suggest you buying. I will be buying this dvd the day it comes out.
Movie Review: A real pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
How nice to sit down with your family and watch a well shot, well acted film with, dare I say it, a straight-forward unapologetically wholesome narrative tale extolling various virtues in its characters. The New England scenary is stunning, Jack Lemmon is great and Doris Day is at her best in a role well suited for her talents. Ernie Kovacs is wonderful as the cigar chewing railroad tycoon. The greatest compliment I can pay this film is to paraphrase a line from the movie "It must have been great to grow up here".Movie Review: Movie Great but DVD POOR QUALITY
Summary: 5 Stars
While the movie was entertaining, picture clarity and sound fine, the DVD is either defective or just made poorly. It worked for several viewings, then trouble began -- in order to playback, the DVD would have to be reinserted many times. My player is not the problem and is working well - this is a DVD manufacturer defect, so it's sort of a pot luck chance with DVD quality, which is very unfair to the consumer. The 5 stars is for the movie, but the DVD maker gets a minus.Movie Review: Hilarious Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW, could not beleive it when I saw this was going to be released. Has been one of my ones on my "Wish it was on DVD" list. Doris Day is fantastic along with Jack Lemmon in this delightful comedy on a young woman taking on corporate america in the 50's and winning. Am so glad to see the movie companies finally opening up there vaults and releasing good movies for us all to enjoy. You can be sure I will be getting this the day it is released.