Jane Steps Out

Jane Steps Out
Directed byPaul L. Stein
Written by
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 16 May 1938 (1938-05-16)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£23,191[1]

Jane Steps Out is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Diana Churchill, Jean Muir, Peter Murray-Hill and Athene Seyler. There was a television remake on BBC in 1957.[2] It was also remade in India as the Hindi film Love in Simla (1960) that made Sadhana Shivdasani into a star.[3]

Plot summary

A young woman is overshadowed by her more glamorous sister. With the help of her grandmother she transforms herself and is able to attract a man.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
  2. ^ "Sunday-Night Theatre: Brian Rix: Jane Steps Out". BBC.
  3. ^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila (28 August 2011). "Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn". Hindustan Times.
  4. ^ "Jane Steps Out". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.

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