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| Janet Leigh | ... | Eileen Sherwood | |
| Jack Lemmon | ... | Robert 'Bob' Baker | |
| Betty Garrett | ... | Ruth Sherwood | |
| Bob Fosse | ... | Frank (as Robert Fosse) | |
| Kurt Kasznar | ... | 'Papa' Appopolous | |
| Dick York | ... | Ted 'Wreck' Loomis (as Richard York) | |
| Lucy Marlow | ... | Helen | |
| Tommy Rall | ... | Chick | |
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Barbara Brown | ... | Helen's Mother |
| Horace McMahon | ... | Police Officer Lonigan | |
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Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
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screwball comedy | two sisters | sister | color remake of black and white film | blond |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
22 September 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Gay Girls See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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2.55 : 1
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Mr. Wallace: Don't be so technical, Miss Stevenson. Was America on Columbus' map?
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Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Leo Robin
Performed by Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall
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Director Richard Quine played Frank Lippincott in the earlier film version My Sister Eileen (1942), and in the original Broadway production of the play. See more »Goofs
When Eileen is dancing at El Morocco, she is wearing shoes with small heels. Later on that night when they dance at the bandstand, Eileen is wearing flat shoes. See more »Quotes
Receptionist: Mr. Wallace, she isn't on the list.Mr. Wallace: Don't be so technical, Miss Stevenson. Was America on Columbus' map?
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Give Me A Band And My BabyMusic by Jule Styne, lyrics by Leo Robin
Performed by Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall
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