Search results
Oct 11, 2014 · Jane’s big lobster shipment and reputation is ruined by careless railroad handling on the fictitious Eastern & Portland (E&P) Railroad. Determined to fight back, she enlists the help of her former childhood friend, “George Denham”, now a lawyer and played by Jack Lemmon.
It Happened to Jane (1959) stars Doris Day as small town lobstery owner Jane Osgood, who finds herself up against a big city railroad tycoon. This Capra-esque comedy is a quintessential Doris Day film with its sunny, nostalgic, and wholesome depiction of life in rural America.
- Richard Quine, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Doris Day
Nov 3, 2009 · Railroad Jane: Directed by Deran Sarafian. With Christian Slater, Michelle Borth, Heather Stephens, Anthony Carrigan. After a female skull is discovered near a railroad track, The Forgotten Network canvasses the area in search of the remaining bones.
- (35)
- Crime, Drama
- Deran Sarafian
- 2009-11-03
In May 1959, in the town of Cape Anne, Maine, an error by the E&P railroad company causes the death of 300 lobsters shipped by entrepreneur Jane Osgood, who runs a business supplying lobsters to restaurants.
Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world". Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children.
- (3.1K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Richard Quine
- 1959-05-24
Jan 7, 2010 · Last night I watched the 1959 film "It Happened to Jane" for the first time. I heard about it when we took the P&W Tripod Tour a while back. At one point during the trip, we were all told we were where they had shot a scene. What I would like to know is: Was the film shot only on NH tracks? If so, where? Was the Cape Anne station a real one?
The film centers on Jane Osgood (Day), a widow with two children, who single-handedly runs a struggling lobster business. She has entrusted her shipment of live lobsters to the Eastern & Portland Railroad, which is supposed to deliver them to restaurants, but she hits a snag when Old 97, the freight train, is re-routed from its original ...
