Lady in a Jam

1942 film by Gregory La Cava

Lady in a Jam

Directed by| Gregory La Cava
Written by|

* Eugene Thackrey
* Francis M. Cockrell
* Otho Lovering

Produced by| Gregory La Cava
Starring|

* Irene Dunne
* Patric Knowles
* Ralph Bellamy

Cinematography| Hal Mohr
Edited by| Russell F. Schoengarth
Music by| Frank Skinner

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* June 19, 1942 (1942-06-19)

Running time

| 78 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Lady in a Jam is a 1942 film comedy directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Irene Dunne, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, and Eugene Pallette.[1] It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Otterson.

The film's alternate title is The Sheltered Side. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[2]

## Plot

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Jane Palmer's reckless spending and behavior concern her guardian Billingsley so much that he goes to a New York City clinic to seek psychiatric help for her. Dr. Enright, taking the case, sees how Jane refuses to even acknowledge that she has squandered her entire inheritance, and that her remaining possessions are being auctioned off.

Enright believes they need to trace the root of her problems, and accompanies Jane on a cross-country trip to her Arizona childhood home. "Cactus" Kate, her grandmother, is leery of Jane being in need of money, while childhood sweetheart Stanley Gardner deludes himself into thinking Jane has returned home just for him.

Jane begins prospecting for gold at her grandfather's mine. Seeing her growing romantic interest in the doctor, Stanley foolishly challenges him to an old-fashioned duel of pistols until he discovers Enright is a crack shot. Cactus Kate plants precious ore so that Jane can find it, inadvertently causing a gold rush by prospectors galore. Enright's seen enough craziness, and returns home, but Jane tracks him back to New York and declares that they were meant for each other.

## Cast

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* Irene Dunne as Jane Palmer
* Ralph Bellamy as Stanley
* Patric Knowles as Dr. Enright
* Eugene Pallette as Billingsley
* Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Brewster
* Queenie Vassar as Cactus Kate
* Jane Garland as Strawberry
* Edward McWade as Ground-Hog
* Robert Homans as Faro Bill
* Russell Hicks as Carter
* Hardie Albright as Milton
* Isabel La Mal as Josephine
* Edward Gargan as Deputy
* Mona Barrie as Woman
* Irving Bacon as Motel Proprietor

## References

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1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Lady in a Jam
2. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) page 99 c. 1978 by The American Film Institute

## External links

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* Lady in a Jam in the Internet Movie Database

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* His Nibs (1921)
* The New School Teacher (1924)
* Restless Wives (1924)
* Womanhandled (1925)
* Let's Get Married (1926)
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* So's Your Old Man (1926)
* Paradise for Two (1927)
* Running Wild (1927)
* Tell It to Sweeney (1927)
* The Gay Defender (1927)
* Feel My Pulse (1928)
* Half a Bride (1928)

Sound|

* Big News (1929)
* Saturday's Children (1929)
* His First Command (1929)
* Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
* Smart Woman (1931)
* Symphony of Six Million (1932)
* The Age of Consent (1932)
* The Half Naked Truth (1932)
* Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
* Bed of Roses (1933)
* Gallant Lady (1934)
* What Every Woman Knows (1934)
* The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
* Private Worlds (1935)
* She Married Her Boss (1935)
* My Man Godfrey (1936)
* Stage Door (1937)
* Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
* Primrose Path (1940)
* Unfinished Business (1941)
* Lady in a Jam (1942)
* Living in a Big Way (1947)
* One Touch of Venus (1948)

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