Janie (1944)

Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Josephine Bentham (play), Charles Hoffman,

Stars:

Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joyce Reynolds	...	Janie Conway
Robert Hutton	...	Pfc. Dick Lawrence
Edward Arnold	...	Charles Conway
Ann Harding	...	Lucille Conway
Alan Hale	...	Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
Robert Benchley	...	John Van Brunt
Clare Foley	...	Elsbeth Conway
Barbara Brown	...	Thelma Lawrence
Hattie McDaniel	...	April, Conway's Maid
Richard Erdman	...	Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Jackie Moran	...	Mickey a Sailor
Ann Gillis	...	Paula Rainey
Russell Hicks	...	Col. Lucas, Commander Camp Wingate
Ruth Tobey	...	Bernadine Dodd
Virginia Patton	...	Carrie Lou

Storyline

Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her bobby soxer friends have their hearts set aflutter by the prospect of so may young soldiers residing nearby. Which fella will they choose? But if the Janie's family has a say in the matter . . .

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Plot Keywords:

army | soldier | father daughter relationship | horse and buggy | blanket party | 

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Taglines:

She's the gleam in the eye of every G.I.! It's an All-American riot!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 1944 (USA)

Also Known As:

Janie Tem Dois Namorados

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

En route to swimming party at nearby lake, all characters inexplicably bundle up in coats.

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Connections

Followed by Janie Gets Married (1946)

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Soundtracks

"Janie's Here"
(uncredited)
Sung during the opening credits

User Reviews

"She's everybody's sweetheart!"

Joyce Reynolds seems a might grown-up for the role of Janie, a boy-crazy sixteen-year old in small town America who ditches her steady guy for a visiting soldier AND winds up on the cover of Life magazine (smooching at a blanket party) all in the same week! Non-stop barrage of wisecracks, put-downs, bull talk, and unfunny bits of business such as Janie's little sister bribing family members, Hattie McDaniel (as the maid) constantly scuttling after sassy kid sis, Janie's mother involved with the Red Cross, and Janie's father trying to write an editorial on the problems with today's teenagers (as the parents, stuffy, sexless Edward Arnold and pert, chatty Ann Harding make an unlikely couple, even for 1944; he looks incapable of helping to conceive a child much less raising two of them). Nominated for an Academy Award (!) for Owen Marks' editing, Warner Bros. followed this in 1946 with "Janie Gets Married". Reynolds must have outgrown her co-horts by then--she was replaced by Joan Leslie. *1/2 from ****