My Sister Eileen (1942)
NOW ON THE SCREEN! THE STAGE HIT THAT CONVULSED BROADWAY AND THE NATION !
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, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
- Date of release
- 1942-09-24
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Alexander Hall
Casting
- 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
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