It Happened to Jane
starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Teddy Rooney
directed by: Richard Quine
directed by: Richard Quine
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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
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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
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- Just Did Not Trick My Switch
I love Doris Day and Jack Lemon, but togeather they just didn't seem to make a good match to me. The movie is slow and the plot is what I did not enjoy. Her yelling George a lot of the time just was to boring for me.
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- The Way Romantic Comedies Were Meant To Be
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 ... Read More
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- It happened to Jane
This is a great movie..
I've been looking for it for years. It is nice to see a good
movie and see a happy ending.
Rating: - It happened to Jane
I ordered this to show at a 50's movie night-for current teens.I hoped it would be Doris Day fun and clean.We didn't show it because,though clean, 'twas a bit corney, and the plot very slow.It had a happy ending and right prevailed, but Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday" was a better choice.LAS
Rating: - Movie Great but DVD POOR QUALITY
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.
- Just Did Not Trick My SwitchI love Doris Day and Jack Lemon, but togeather they just didn't seem to make a good match to me. The movie is slow and the plot is what I did not enjoy. Her yelling George a lot of the time just was to boring for me.
- The Way Romantic Comedies Were Meant To BeThis 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 ... Read More
- It happened to JaneThis is a great movie..
I've been looking for it for years. It is nice to see a good
movie and see a happy ending.
- It happened to JaneI ordered this to show at a 50's movie night-for current teens.I hoped it would be Doris Day fun and clean.We didn't show it because,though clean, 'twas a bit corney, and the plot very slow.It had a happy ending and right prevailed, but Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday" was a better choice.LAS
- Movie Great but DVD POOR QUALITYWhile 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.
