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

When Janie and her boyfriend appear on the cover of Life magazine in mid-smooch, her family has to skim contents before understanding why she is the cover girl (a feature on teenage make-out "blanket parties"). In reality, Life covers of this era always contained a few words of copy to explain nature of story depicted.

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Connections

Followed by Janie Gets Married (1946)

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Soundtracks

"Mademoiselle from Armentières"
(uncredited)
Sung by Robert Benchley

User Reviews

entertaining period movie

I usually find movies of this era a little too slow or dull, this one kept me. It was humorous and well paced, nostalgic. Nothing too serious, but not too goofy either. Of course the girls were all immaculately dressed and the costumes and scripting for phrases was excellent. The premise was the same as what they use to build sitcoms today, Small town girl has beau that she has grown up with, romantic older fellow in uniform sweeps her off her feet, girl is torn between childhood ties and grownup romance...girl plans small affair while her parents are out, huge crowd shows up, party ensues and is broken up by the police and all of the characters still love each other in the end; all of the little side plots are happily resolved and that's the end. Good family film. (doesn't Janie look remarkably like Geena Davis?!?)