Jane shares stories about her performances in Song of the Open Road, Holiday in Mexico, Two Weeks With Love, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, in this interview on her acting career. She recounts her time in Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Little Red Schoolhouse, shares advice for young performers, and remembers working with Jeanette McDonald, Louis Calhern, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Walter Pidgeon, and LB Mayer. This Q&A moderated by Mel Boudrot is part of the SAG-AFTRA Conversations series, an essential resource for actors, filmmakers and students of discussions with performers, exploring the process and profession of acting.

0:00 Introduction
0:43 Path to Hollywood
4:00 Little Red Schoolhouse
6:43 Song of the Open Road
13:50 Holiday in Mexico
15:38 Two Weeks With Love
22:42 Changing her name
26:37 Jeanette McDonald, Louis Calhern, Wallace Beery
28:57 Little Red Schoolhouse (continued)
34:30 Elizabeth Taylor, Walter Pidgeon
37:33 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
39:42 Louis B. Mayer
42:30 Leaving MGM
46:45 Broadway, New York soap operas
49:07 Advice for young performers