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     It Happened to Jane
1959  NR  COMEDY  1h 37min
CAST— Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Teddy Rooney, Russ Brown, Mary Wickes, Parker Fennelly
MUSIC— George Duning  DIRECTOR— Richard Quine

     The next time you venture out to your favorite seafood establishment remember that timing is everything. Doris Day finds that out the hard way in this all but forgotten film starring her as the owner of a small-time lobster business. When a shipment of lobsters die due to a late train, her business, not to mention her reputation as an entrepreneur, suffers. She asks the railroad for compensation, but the owner won’t hear of it. So begins a legal battle that eventually turns the eye of the nation upon her and the scorn of the public on the railroad. Neither a lighthearted romp nor a scathing satire on corporate powers crushing the little guy; a moderately entertaining comedy that mainly gives you a nagging craving for shellfish. Butter, anyone? AKA Twinkle and Shine.
OUR RATING— **