Jane Steps Out

{{short description|1938 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Jane Steps Out

| image =File:Jane Steps Out.jpg

| caption =

| director = Paul L. Stein

| producer = Walter C. Mycroft

| writer = {{ubl|William Freshman|Dudley Leslie}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Diana Churchill|Jean Muir|Peter Murray-Hill}}

| music =

| cinematography = Claude Friese-Greene

| editing =

| studio = ABPC

| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1938|05|16|df=yes}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =£23,191{{cite magazine|title=‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England |last=Chapman|first= Llewella|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|magazine=Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10|volume=19|number=4|page=470-494 at 480}}

| gross =

}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a7566fb9a0d742db9d722ab2b3b36daf |title=Sunday-Night Theatre: Brian Rix: Jane Steps Out |publisher=BBC}}

It was also remade in India as the Hindi film Love in Simla (1960) that made Sadhana Shivdasani into a star.{{Cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/sadhana-s-fringe-benefits-from-audrey-hepburn/story-cNVsRoJfB68gvxTwCtKlqI.html | title=Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila | date=28 August 2011 |work=Hindustan Times}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38181 |title=Jane Steps Out |publisher=British Film Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024759/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38181 |archive-date=16 January 2009}}

Cast

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