Movies

It Happened to Jane (1959) It can't be just the nondescript title that kept this Doris Day vehicle languishing in obscurity while her much more painful later films are well-known, even popular. Young widow operating a struggling Fresh Lobster business takes on reprehensible railroad magnate (Ernie Kovacs) to get economic justice, and to do so she ends up on I've Got a Secret and the Dave Garroway show, and becomes owner of a steam train. Jack Lemmon is her leading man and lawyer (who drives a great Studebaker Commander convertible) and they work well together. This is an all-american feelgood David vs. Goliath screwball comedy that really deserves wider viewership. With Mary Wickes and Parker Fennelly, and good location shooting in Olde New England. All-around good fun. 9/10