Jane Steps Out Explained

Jane Steps Out
Producer:	Walter C. Mycroft
Cinematography:	Claude Friese-Greene
Distributor:	Associated British Film Distributors
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

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.^[1] It was also remade in India as the Hindi film Love in Simla (1960) that made Sadhana Shivdasani into a star.^[2]

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.^[3]

Cast

• Diana Churchill as Jane Wilton
• Jean Muir as Beatrice Wilton
• Peter Murray-Hill as Basil Gilbert
• Athene Seyler as Grandma
• Fred Emney as General Wilton
• Iris Hoey as Mrs Wilton
• Judy Kelly as Margot Kent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sunday-Night Theatre: Brian Rix: Jane Steps Out . BBC.
2. Web site: Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn . Bhattacharya . Roshmila . 28 August 2011 . Hindustan Times.
3. Web site: Jane Steps Out . British Film Institute . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38181 . 16 January 2009.