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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404964488
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404964487
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 12118
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
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Amazon.com:
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
Product Description:
In this classic romantic comedy Jane Osgood (Doris Day) a single mom 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) her longtime admirer and an attorney to seek compensation from the railroad s tyrannical owner Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs). Jane wins in her local courthouse but Malone agrees to pay only for the lobsters not damages. She refuses his offer on principle and the battle is on. The press has a field day with this modern-day David and Goliath 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 happen to anyone but IT HAPPENED TO JANE.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396075450 Manufacturer No: 07545
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
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.
Rating: - Doris and Jack
Two comic talents and just more fun with Doris and nutty Jack back in their hay day, two talents you won't find in today's Hollywood.
Rating: - It Happened to Jane
I've been looking for this movie for years, but didn't remember the name - just the plot. I looked up Doris Day on Wikipedia and found the name, then came to Amazon and found the DVD. It's a wonderful movie, cute story and having it on DVD is fantastic.
Rating: - Another great Family Friendly movie
Another great comedy for family entertainment... a great classic to have in your video library. What a legacy to leave behind for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren...good, clean fun with a morale - stand up for what is right, it's worth fighting for. That's what made America great. Truth, honesty, helping our neighbor, etc.
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