Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Myles Connolly (writer)
Harry Crane (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

April 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York...

Plot Keywords:

Burlesque | Opera | Sister | Beautiful Woman | Sisters

Cast

Kathryn Grayson	...	Abigail Chandler
June Allyson	...	Martha Canford Chandler
Lauritz Melchior	...	Richard Olstrom
Jimmy Durante	...	Spike Merango
Peter Lawford	...	Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr
Ben Blue	...	Wrigley (the butler)
Isobel Elsom	...	Aunt Jennifer Chandler
Harry Hayden	...	Uncle Jonathan Chandler
Thurston Hall	...	Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr
Nella Walker	...	Mrs. Ella Patterson
Gino Corrado	...	Ossifish (opera chorus director)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monte Blue	...	Pavaroff (Olstrom's man) (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11244, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Soundtrack:

Autumn Twilight

Helped lift June Allyson to the top of popularity polls in the late 1940's.

June Allyson takes full advantage of the chance to show off her comic talent in this charming film set in turn-of-the- century New York. Kathryn Grayson, who was at the time a bigger star, is in fine voice. Lauritz Melchior and Jimmy Durante make substantial contributions to the fun. It's the first time June Allyson and Peter Lawford were paired, and he is delightful. But it is June's film, and one of her best during her MGM years. Unfortunately, it wasn't filmed in technicolor.