My Sister Eileen Movie Review 1955

Ruth and Eileen are two small-town Ohio sisters who move to Manhattan seeking excitement. They live in a basement apartment in Greenwich Village with an assortment of oddball tenants as they pursue success and romance. Everyone is daffy and charming, as is the film. Fun, but unmemorable songs, however the terrific choreography is by Fosse, who also appears as one sister's suitor. Remake of a 1942 film which was based on a Broadway play, which was based on a series of autobiographical stories published in the New Yorker. The play was later turned into a Broadway musical known as "Wonderful Town," which has nothing to do with this version of the original stories.

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Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Brothers & Sisters, New York, New York, Adapted from a Play, Adapted from a Story

Screenplay

Blake Edwards, Richard Quine

Cast

Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Dick York, Lucy Marlow, Tommy (Thomas) Rall, Barbara Brown, Horace McMahon

Director

Richard Quine

Music

Jule Styne

Producer

Fred Kohlmar