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Aug 25, 2023 · A Capra-esque comedy has Day running a New England lobstery and finding herself up against railroad tycoon Kovacs. When a shipment of expired lobsters arrive...
- 98 min
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Jan 20, 2016 · Photo courtesy of Peggy Breslin Jack Lemmon, one of the Hollywood stars in “It Happened to Jane,” takes a break on Main Street in front of the old Chester Bank building during the movie filming.
The film ends with Jane and George becoming engaged to be married and a town celebration for his election as council man. Doris Day waiting on set, It Happened to Jane. This is a charming film. Using local townspeople gives it authenticity, Richard Quine’s direction is right on the money, and Norman Katkor’s screenplay is dandy.
It Happened to Jane presents Doris Day as a woman on a mission. She's inherited a lobster business from her late husband and due to some cost cutting on the railroad that President Ernie Kovacs has put through, her lobsters were dead on arrival at their destination. I'd be burned up as well and Doris and lawyer Jack Lemmon sue the railroad.
Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. 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".
- 97 min
IT HAPPENED TO JANE. 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 ...
