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My Sister Eileen (1942)
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24 September 1942 (USA)
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Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Birthday Suits: Immortal Beloveds
(From FilmExperience. 8 November 2009, 6:27 AM, PST)
Actress Janet Blair Dead at 85
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 February 2007)
(From FilmExperience. 8 November 2009, 6:27 AM, PST)
Actress Janet Blair Dead at 85
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 February 2007)
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Several big laughs, and Russell is a real peach...
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Rosalind Russell | ... | Ruth Sherwood | |
| Brian Aherne | ... | Robert Baker | |
| Janet Blair | ... | Eileen Sherwood | |
| George Tobias | ... | Appopolous | |
| Allyn Joslyn | ... | Chic Clark | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Walter Sherwood | |
| Gordon Jones | ... | 'The Wreck' Loomis | |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Grandma Sherwood | |
| Richard Quine | ... | Frank Lippincott | |
| June Havoc | ... | Effie Shelton | |
| Donald MacBride | ... | Officer Lonigan | |
| Frank Sully | ... | Jenson | |
| Clyde Fillmore | ... | Ralph Craven | |
| Jeff Donnell | ... | Helen Loomis (as Miss Jeff Donnell) | |
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| Almira Sessions | ... | Prospective Tenant (scenes deleted) | |
| Forrest Tucker | ... | Sandhog (scenes deleted) | |
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96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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The Broadway production of "Wonderful Town" opened at the Winter Garden Theater in New York on February 25, 1953 and ran for 559 performances.
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Boom mic visible: When Bob puts Ruth in the taxicab outside of the police station, the shadow of the boom mic can be seen moving across the hood of the cab.
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'The Wreck' Loomis:
[holding an iron] Which way do you want the pleats turned?
Ruth Sherwood: Toward Mecca.
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Ruth Sherwood: Toward Mecca.
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Movie Connections:
Version of "My Sister Eileen" (1960)
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Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech
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Ruth McKenney's series of autobiographical articles about siblings from Columbus, Ohio relocated to wacky Greenwich Village was initially turned into a play before this movie version (it later went back to the stage as the musical "Wonderful Town", winning a Tony award for Rosalind Russell), and in 1955 was filmed again as "My Sister Eileen" with the songs. Russell appears here as Ruth (the smart, savvy sister who longs to be a writer) and Janet Blair is sister Eileen (the pretty blonde with hopes of becoming an actress). They move into the noisiest hovel in New York, with a steady stream of foot-traffic and neighbors who barge in without knocking. Some of these characters are colorful, though the comic craziness is pitched a little high, and everyone overacts (cheerfully). Russell (who got an Oscar nomination for her dryly bemused performance) sports an awful potato-chip hairstyle which must have been all the rage in 1942; her double takes and facial exaggerations are often very funny, and she plays well off Blair (they take turns playing the jester and the straight-face). Is it ridiculous and over-the-top? Absolutely. But when the results are this friendly, it's useless to complain. **1/2 from ****