She had what might be the best comedic run of any actress in film history beginning with her first romantic comedy it happened to jane in 1959 running through her last onscreen appearance in with six you get eggroll in 1968. Jane fully elevates the scientific pedestal on which jane goodall should be placed but it does so in part by humanizing her, revealing the challenges she faced and discoveries she made as more than mere national geographic footage you might see in a science class. Doris day, jack lemmon, it happened to jane 1959 the. After a shipment of fresh lobsters isnt delivered on time to jane osgood doris day, a widowed mother of two running a failing restaurant supply business in maine, she hires her lawyer friend george denham jack lemmon to sue the railroad company she believes is responsible for the damages. With doris day, jack lemmon, ernie kovacs, steve forrest. Columbia pictures seemed confused about what to call it. It happened to jane on dvd 043396075450 from sony pictures home entertainment. Staring jack lemmon, ernie kovacs, doris day and napoleon whiting. I tripped over this film the other day in a dvd catalog. Doris day in the leading role, and two terrific costars the marvelous jack lemmon and the very funny ernie kovacs. It happened to jane is a 1959 eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring doris day, jack lemmon, and ernie kovacs, directed by richard quine, and written by norman katkov and max wilk. It happened to jane 1959 is a comedy, romance movie starring doris day and jack lemmon. The film was coproduced by quine and days husband at the time, martin melcher.
It happened to jane is a 1959 eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring doris day, jack lemmon, and ernie kovacs. While lacking the blood and gore of contemporary horror films, there are enough scary images dead rats and dead birds served for lunch, every shriek and cackle leaving bette daviss mouth, for instance to bring nightmares to younger and more sensitive viewers. Starring doris day and jack lemmon, two of the screens most gifted comic performers, featuring a great supporting cast and set amidst some of the most beautiful scenery seen up to that date in widescreen, it. It happened to jane is a 1959 eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring doris day, jack lemmon, and ernie kovacs directed by richard quine and written by. Watch it happened to jane 1959 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. The film centers on jane osgood day, a widow with two children, who single handedly runs a struggling lobster business. It happened to jane 1959 full movie video dailymotion. Their failures caused day to drop out of the top ten box office stars. Jane osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Doris day and jack lemmon in it happened to jane 1959 it happened to jane.
Doris day wrote that her managerhusband martin melcher was terribly concerned over the boxoffice failure of this film and the tunnel of love 1958. Perhaps if we as movie goers supported this venue of entertainment, then we might get back to being america the beautiful as beautiful as she once was. As did many critics, who loved the film, lemmon blamed its disappointing boxoffice on the title. It happened to jane 1959 after a shipment of fresh lobsters isnt delivered on time to jane osgood doris day, a widowed mother of two running a failing restaurant supply business in maine, she. This today was more like a journey back to my childhood than just watching a movie. The film was rereleased in 1961, with the title twinkle and shine. Jane osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her.
High resolution dvd movie cover image for it happened to jane 1959. Rent it happened to jane 1959 starring doris day and jack lemmon on dvd and bluray. The real star, many would agree, is the location shooting. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the film. Jack lemmon wrote that he thought this was a good, funny movie that didnt do well because of its terrible title. Starring doris day and jack lemmon, two of the screens most gifted comic performers, featuring a great supporting cast and set amidst some of the most beautiful scenery seen up to that date in widescreen, it nevertheless opened and closed rather quickly. He thought he and doris day had very good chemistry together, and he regretted that they never did another film. The image measures 1488 2150 pixels and is 1020 kilobytes large. Jane has a real desire to be a frank caprastyle comedy, and on the surface it succeeds.
Maine single mom, small business owner and title character doris day at the station, with homer parker fennelly flipping out about the railroad, rushing to lawyer george jack lemmon, speechifying with uncle otis russ brown, early in it happened to jane, 1959, directed by richard quine. Watch it happened to jane full movie in hd visit jane osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two youn. Doris day, jack lemmon, it happened to jane, 1959 stock. Doris day, howard keel, calamity jane 1953 the films of. It happened to jane is a 1959 eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring doris day, jack lemmon, and ernie kovacs, directed by richard quine, and written.
Rent it happened to jane 1959 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. It happened to jane 1959 watch turner classic movies on tcm. Created in 1959, the drama of metal forming is an exceptional film that shows the forming of metal in a foundry. A favorite character part in the film for me is russ brown who plays days. She performed with such gusto, that one film critic said, by pictures end, she is within hailing distance of ginger rogers and judy garland. The screenplay by lukas heller is based on the novel what ever happened to baby jane. The plot concerns an aging former actress who holds her paraplegic exmovie star sister captive in an old hollywood mansion.
It was directed by peter denormanville and produced by the famed editor raymond spottiswoode, the father of hollywood director roger spottiswoode and distant relative of the swindon bakerys famous chef angus spottiswoode. Jan 25, 2014 this feature is not available right now. While there were three hudsonday films pillow talk, lover come back, send me no. This may be the most unabashedly sexual nonsex scenes in all of film history.
Day and melcher had words about him hustling her into almost any film for the money instead of waiting to find good scripts that would have produced better results. Doris day is an american actress and singer who debuted as the female lead in the warner bros. The sarah jane adventures s01 ep08 whatever happened to sarah jane 2 hd watch. It happened to jane 1959 full movie download full hd youtube. Doris day, jack lemmon, it happened to jane 1959 the films of. Set in the fictional coastal maine town of cape ann, it was really shot in the connecticut. The leads doris day and jack lemmon are delightful in their chemistry, their comedy, and their ability to convey poignancy in their seemingly hopeless financial and romantic situation. Aug 03, 20 it happened to jane 1959 after the death of her husband, jane osgood doris day decides to start raising and selling lobsters to support her two children. The websites critical consensus reads, jane honors its subjects legacy with an absorbing, beautifully filmed, and overall enlightening look at her decades of invaluable work.
It happened to jane 1959 dvd widescreen doris day, ernie kovacs, jack lemmon, steve forrest. Jane osgood is trying to support her two young children by running a lobster business that is reliant on the local railroad. Columbias spring, 1959 release, it happened to jane should have been a boxoffice smash. However, perhaps none is so affiliated with this genre as doris day. Parents need to know that what ever happened to baby jane. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
See the full list of it happened to jane cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It happened to jane by richard quine doris day, jack lemmon. It happened to jane was filmed in the summer of 1958, but not released until almost a year later. 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It had all the elements that should have made it a hit. It happened to jane 1959 leaves you with a warm, fuzzy feeling about small towns, lobsters, and trains. After a shipment of fresh lobsters isnt delivered on time a widowed mother of two running a failing restaurant supply business hires a lawyer friend and admirer to take on a railroad giant.
Jane decides to sue the director of the line after one of her shipments is ruined because of its inefficiency and gets a lot more than she bargained for. It happened to jane 1959 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer george, jane sues harry foster malone, director of the line and the. It stars doris day as a widow and lobsterwoman whose shipment is delayed by the eastern and portland railroad, run by the meanest man in the world harry foster malone ernie kovacs.
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