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{{short description|1944 film by Michael Curtiz}}
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| name = Janie
| name = Janie
| image = Janie1944film.jpg
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| director = [[Michael Curtiz]]
| director = [[Michael Curtiz]]
| producer =
| producer = Alex Gottlieb
| writer = [[Charles Hoffman (screenwriter)|Charles Hoffman]]<br>[[Agnes Christine Johnston]]<br>'''Play:'''<br>[[Josephine Bentham]]<br>[[Herschel V. Williams Jr.]]
| based_on = {{based on|''Janie'' {{small|(1942 play)}}|Josephine Bentham<br>Herschel V. Williams Jr.}}
| screenplay = [[Charles Hoffman (screenwriter)|Charles Hoffman]]<br>[[Agnes Christine Johnston]]
| narrator = [[Alex Gottlieb]]
| narrator = Alex Gottlieb
| starring = [[Joyce Reynolds (actress)|Joyce Reynolds]]<br>[[Robert Hutton (actor)|Robert Hutton]]
| starring = [[Joyce Reynolds (actress)|Joyce Reynolds]]<br>[[Robert Hutton (actor)|Robert Hutton]]
| music = [[Heinz Roemheld]]
| music = [[Heinz Roemheld]]
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| language = English
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'''''Janie''''' is a 1944 film directed by [[Michael Curtiz]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E5DD103DE13BBC4D53DFBE66838F659EDE|title=MOVIE REVIEW
'''''Janie''''' is a 1944 film directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], based on a 1942 Broadway play by Josephine Bentham and Herschel V. Williams Jr.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E5DD103DE13BBC4D53DFBE66838F659EDE|title=Janie (1944) 'Janie', a Juvenile Comedy, Starring Joyce Reynolds, Opens at Strand -- 'The Falcon in Mexico' at Rialto|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|author-link=Bosley Crowther|date=August 5, 1944}}</ref> The play was adapted from Bentham's 1940 novel by the same name.
Janie (1944) 'Janie,' a Juvenile Comedy, Starring Joyce Reynolds, Opens at Strand -- 'The Falcon in Mexico' at Rialto|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|date=August 5, 1944}}


==Plot==
==Plot==
Janie is a free spirited teenage girl living in a small town. [[World War II]] brings the establishment of an army camp nearby. Janie and her [[bobby soxer]] friends have their hearts set afire by the prospect of so many young soldiers so close.
Janie is a free-spirited teenager living in a small town. But her father, the local newspaper publisher, opposes the establishment of an army camp nearby. Janie and her [[Bobby soxer (music)|bobby soxer]] friends are excited at the prospect of having so many young soldiers nearby. She dates one of them, which makes her boyfriend jealous.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] as Charles Conway
* [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] as Charles Conway
* [[Ann Harding]] as Lucille Conway
* [[Ann Harding]] as Lucille Conway
* [[Alan Hale, Sr.|Alan Hale]] as Professor Reardon
* [[Alan Hale Sr.|Alan Hale]] as Professor Reardon
* [[Robert Benchley]] as John Van Brunt
* [[Robert Benchley]] as John Van Brunt
* [[Clare Foley]] as Elsbeth Conway
* Clare Foley as Elsbeth Conway
* Barbara Brown as Thelma Lawrence
* [[Barbara Brown (American actress)|Barbara Brown]] as Thelma Lawrence
* [[Hattie McDaniel]] as April
* [[Hattie McDaniel]] as April
* [[Richard Erdman]] as Scooper Nolan
* [[Richard Erdman]] as Scooper Nolan
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* [[William Frambes]] as Private Hackett
* [[William Frambes]] as Private Hackett


Unbilled players include [[Sunset Carson]], [[Julie London]], [[Virginia Sale]] and [[Andy Williams]]
Unbilled players include [[Keefe Brasselle]], [[Jimmie Dodd]], [[Sunset Carson]], [[Julie London]], [[Virginia Sale]] and [[the Williams Brothers]] with [[Andy Williams]].

==Reception==
In a contemporary review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', critic [[Bosley Crowther]] wrote: "The authors of ''Janie'', play and picture, have simply cut a theatrical farce with some kids. And the bluntness with which they have done so provides very little warm appeal ... The performance of Joyce Reynolds in the title role is completely surface and pretentious; she had nothing with which to work."<ref name=NYT/>

The film was followed two years later by the sequel ''[[Janie Gets Married]]''.

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1944]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AFI film|698|Janie}}
* {{AFI film|698|Janie}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0036970|title=Janie}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0036970|title=Janie}}
*{{tcmdb title|id=239|title=Janie}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=239|title=Janie}}
* {{allMovie title|97060}}


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{{Michael Curtiz |state=collapsed}}


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Latest revision as of 20:31, 20 December 2023

Janie
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Screenplay byCharles Hoffman
Agnes Christine Johnston
Based onJanie (1942 play)
by Josephine Bentham
Herschel V. Williams Jr.
Produced byAlex Gottlieb
StarringJoyce Reynolds
Robert Hutton
Narrated byAlex Gottlieb
CinematographyCarl E. Guthrie
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 2, 1944 (1944-09-02)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Janie is a 1944 film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on a 1942 Broadway play by Josephine Bentham and Herschel V. Williams Jr.[1] The play was adapted from Bentham's 1940 novel by the same name.

Plot

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Janie is a free-spirited teenager living in a small town. But her father, the local newspaper publisher, opposes the establishment of an army camp nearby. Janie and her bobby soxer friends are excited at the prospect of having so many young soldiers nearby. She dates one of them, which makes her boyfriend jealous.

Cast

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Unbilled players include Keefe Brasselle, Jimmie Dodd, Sunset Carson, Julie London, Virginia Sale and the Williams Brothers with Andy Williams.

Reception

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In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "The authors of Janie, play and picture, have simply cut a theatrical farce with some kids. And the bluntness with which they have done so provides very little warm appeal ... The performance of Joyce Reynolds in the title role is completely surface and pretentious; she had nothing with which to work."[1]

The film was followed two years later by the sequel Janie Gets Married.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Crowther, Bosley (August 5, 1944). "Janie (1944) 'Janie', a Juvenile Comedy, Starring Joyce Reynolds, Opens at Strand -- 'The Falcon in Mexico' at Rialto". The New York Times.
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