Janie (1944)
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Janie, adapted from the Broadway play by Josephine Bentham and Herschel Williams, was one of a 1940s cycle of stage-to-film comedies about teenagers. Joyce Reynolds stars as Janie, a typical teen whose life is turned topsy turvy by the installation of a military base near her home town. Edward… More Janie, adapted from the Broadway play by Josephine Bentham and Herschel Williams, was one of a 1940s cycle of stage-to-film comedies about teenagers. Joyce Reynolds stars as Janie, a typical teen whose life is turned topsy turvy by the installation of a military base near her home town. Edward Arnold and Ann Harding, exasperated and understanding respectively, play Janie's parents. Robert Hutton is the soldier and Richard Erdman the hometown boy who vie for Janie's attentions. The film is cloying at times, but survives as a reasonably accurate representation of teenage life in the war years, right down to the "coded slang" used to throw parents off the track. Janie ends with the Army marching out and the Marines marching in, leaving the door wide open for a sequel, which appeared in 1946 under the title Janie Gets Married. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 2, 1944 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Hutton
as Pvt. Dick Lawrence
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Edward Arnold
as Charles Conway
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Ann Harding
as Lucille Conway
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Robert Benchley
as John Van Brunt
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Alan Hale
as Reardon
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Claire Foley
as Elspeth Conway
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Barbara Brown
as Thelma Lawrence
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Hattie McDaniel
as April
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Jackie Moran
as Mickey
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Ann Gillis
as Paula Rainey
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Ruth Tobey
as Bernadine Dodd
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Virginia Patton
as Carrie Lou Trivett
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Colleen Townsend
as Hortense Bennett
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William Frambes
as Dead Pan Hackett
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Russell Hicks
as Col. Lucas
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Joyce Reynolds
as Janie Conway
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John Alvin
as Photographer
- William Benedict
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Monte Blue
as Policeman
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Eddie Bruce
as Bus Driver
- Warren Burr
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Sunset Carson
as Sgt. Carl
- Michael Carter
- Lane Chandler
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Tanis Chandler
as High School Girl
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Jimmie Dodd
as Pvt. Frank Parker
- John Forrest
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Joe "Corky" Geil
as High School Boy
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Joe Gilbert
as Soda Jerk
- Dan Jackson
- Roger McGee
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Virginia Sale
as Neighbor
- Truman van Dyke
- Keefe Brasselle
- Douglas Cooper
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Richard Erdman
as Wilber "Scooper" Nolan
- Norman Salling
- Sandy Shaw
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Kirk Barron
as M.P.
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William Hunter
as M.P. Sergeant
- James Menzies
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Georgia Lee Settle
as Susan Wiley
- John Nelson
