It Happened to Jane
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Movie Reviews of It Happened to Jane
Movie Review: cute Doris Day caper
Summary: 4 Stars
IT HAPPENED TO JANE was up until this DVD release something of a `lost classic', having never been released on video and appearing only rarely on TV and cable. Doris Day stars in another domestic comedy which suits her wholesome girl-next-door persona to a tee.
She plays Jane Osgood, a young widow in Cape Anne, Maine, who runs a lobster farming business. When one of her shipments returns with the lobsters dead inside, Jane discovers that it was the fault of the railroad company. She turns to her old friend George Denham (Jack Lemmon) a young lawyer, and together they take on the tyrannical head of the railways Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs). It's a cute, often very funny comedy. Doris Day and Jack Lemmon are fresh and appealing in the lead roles, and Day gets 2 numbers ("Be Prepared" and the Title Song). The movie also features Mary Wickes, Steve Forrest and Jayne Meadows. Based on a story by Max Wilk and Norman Katkov.
The DVD picture looks great, in a colourful anamorphic print. Extras consist of trailers for other Columbia classic movie titles.
Movie Review: It Happend to Jane 1959
Summary: 4 Stars
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.Movie Review: Great movie for Thanksgiving morning
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I watched this on TCM this morning. Very well done, Day and Lemmon did their best stuff in their prime. Kovacs was great, I did not recognize him, til I finally looked up the movie. And I kept thinking the RR engineer was Pa Kettle, (Parker Fennelly). He was, sort of, he played Pa in the final Ma & Pa after Percy Kilbride passed.
The photography was excellent. The setting is Maine, with some references to the Kennebunk Indians. I swear I spied little Geo W Bush among the Cub Scouts. But now I learn it was actually filmed in Connecticut. Go figger.
Enjoy our Holidays 2006.
Movie Review: The Way Romantic Comedies Were Meant To Be
Summary: 4 Stars
This is another one of those classic movies in which Jack Lemmon underplays his part and puts the attention on his co-star and yet every scene in which he appears become the memorable moments of the picture. Ernie Kovacs as the comedic villan adds his own special take to the pace of the film. The authentic townsfolk from Cape Ann in Maine and their town meeting and election of a selectman is a piece of Americanna that bears closer attention by those who have a love for New England and the kind of people it has bred and nurtured that are exemplified in Doris and Jack's characters.Movie Review: Nice movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a typical nice Doris Day movie. It's a movie about the little guy fighting the big guy. Doris Day being the little small business owner, who happens to ship lobsters. It's not a serious social statement type film, has some laughs. Doris Day is as good as she is in any of her films. I bought this film for my mother who likes to watch older musicals and comedy films. She liked it.