IT HAPPENED TO JANE

It Happened to Jane
Columbia, 1959, Color, 97 minutes, ***½
Released August, 1959

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.

Produced and Directed by: Richard Quine
Executive Producer: Martin Melcher
Assistant Director: Carter DeHaven, Jr.
Screen Play by: Norman Katkov
From a Story by Max Wilk and Norman Katkov
Music Conducted by: Morris Stoloff
Composed by: George Duning
Orchestrations by: Arthur Morton
Songs: "Be Prepared" Music by Fred Karger, Lyrics by Richard Quine
"It Happened to Jane" Words and Music by Joe Lubin and I. J. Roth
Chester Fife and Drum Corps
Art Director: Cary Odell
Set Decorator: Louis Diage
Make-up Supervision: Clay Campbell
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Recording Supervisor: John Livadary
Sound: Harry Mills
Director of Photography: Charles Lawton, Jr.
Eastman Color by Pathé
Color Consultant: Henri Jaffa
Film Editor: Charles Nelson

Cast: Doris Day [Jane Osgood], Jack Lemmon [George Denham], Ernie Kovacs [Harry Foster Malone], Steve Forrest [Lawrence Clay Hall], Teddy Rooney [Billy Osgood], Russ Brown [Uncle Otis], Walter Greaza [Crawford Sloan], Parker Fennelly [Homer Bean], Mary Wickes [Matilda Runyon], Philip Coolidge [Wilbur Peterson], Casey Adams (aka Max Showalter) [Selwyn Harris], John Cecil Holm [Aaron Caldwell], Gina Gillespie [Betty Osgood], Dick Crockett [Clarence Runyon], Napoleon Whiting [Eugene, the Waiter], Dave Garroway [Host of "The Left Hand"], Bob Paige [Host of "The Big Payoff"], Garry Moore [Host of "I've Got a Secret"], Bill Cullen [Panelist on "I've Got a Secret"], Jayne Meadows [Panelist on "I've Got a Secret"], Henry Morgan [Panelist on "I've Got a Secret"], Betsy Palmer [Panelist on "I've Got a Secret"], Steve McCormick [TV Newsman], Chester Fife and Drum Corps [Themselves], Additional Cast: Carter DeHaven [Fisher], Michael J. Pollard [Lloyd], Tom Quine [Milford], Arthur Hanson [Smythe], Paul Power [Weaver], Elaine Edwards [Laura], Jack Carter [Stenographer], John Gibson [Editor], Howard Wendell [Purchasing], Burton Mallory [Station Agent], John McGovern [Conductor], Eugene Wood [Engineer], Marcel Hillaire [Chef], Daniel Ocko [Chef], Norman Katkov [Bailiff], Bess Myerson [Herself], Gene Rayburn [WTIC-TV Reporter], Ronnie Scott, Harry Stockwell [Passengers]

Musical Program: [0:00] It Happened to Jane (sung by Doris Day behind titles); [0:42] Be Prepared (sung by Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and Cub Scouts); [1:34] Yankee Doodle (played and marched by Chester Fife and Drum Corps)