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<ref>{{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|pages=470–494 at 480}}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a7566fb9a0d742db9d722ab2b3b36daf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421125204/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a7566fb9a0d742db9d722ab2b3b36daf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2016 |title=Sunday-Night Theatre: Brian Rix: Jane Steps Out |publisher=BBC}}</ref> It was also remade in India as the Hindi film Love in Simla (1960) that made Sadhana Shivdasani into a star.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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

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==External links== {{IMDb title|0030284}}

Category:1938 films Category:1938 comedy films Category:British comedy films Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios Category:Films directed by Paul L. Stein Category:British black-and-white films Category:1938 English-language films Category:1938 British films Category:English-language comedy films