''Jane Steps Out'' is a 1938 British
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
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.
It was also remade in India as the Hindi film
Love in Simla (1960) that made
Sadhana Shivdasani into a star.
Plot summary
A young woman is overshadowed by her more glamorous sister. With the help of her
grandmother
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maxi ...
she transforms herself and is able to attract a man.
Cast
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Diana Churchill as Jane Wilton
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Jean Muir as Beatrice Wilton
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Peter Murray-Hill as Basil Gilbert
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Athene Seyler as Grandma
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Fred Emney as General Wilton
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Iris Hoey as Mrs Wilton
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Judy Kelly as Margot Kent
References
External links
1938 films
1938 comedy films
British comedy films
Films shot at Associated British Studios
Films directed by Paul L. Stein
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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