My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name. It is not, however, the film version of the 1949 Broadway musical Wonderful Town, which was also based on the 1942 film. Adapted from the short stories of Ruth McKinney, the film stars Betty Garrett as ...more
Year: 1955 | Running Time: 108 minutes
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The Technicolor My Sister Eileen (1955) is the musical film based on the Ruth McKenney stories that inspired the earlier movie comedy My Sister Eileen (1942) and the Broadway musical +Wonderful Town. Brightly scripted by Blake Edwards and director Richard Quine, Betty Garrett's writer Ruth and her man-magnet sibling Janet Leigh confront the modern conundrum of work vs. romance as they seek fame, fortune and love in New York with assistance from Jack Lemmon, Kurt Kasznar and young ...more
- Janet Leigh - Eileen Sherwood
- Jack Lemmon - Bob Baker
- Betty Garrett - Ruth Sherwood
- Bob Fosse - Frank Lippencott
- Kurt Kasznar - Appopolous
- Tommy Rall - Chick Clark
- Dick York - Wreck
- Lucy Marlow - Helen
- Barbara Brown - Helen's Mother
- Horace McMahon - Lonigan
- Henry Slate - Drunk
- Hal March - Drunk
- Alberto Morin - Brazilian Consul
- Queenie Smith - Alice
- Richard Quine - Director
- Fred Kohlmar - Producer
- Richard Quine - Screenwriter
- Blake Edwards - Screenwriter
- Walter Holscher - Art Director
- Bob Fosse - Choreography
- Jean Louis - Costume Designer
- Charles Nelson - Editor
- George Duning - Composer (Music Score)
- Jule Styne - Songwriter
- Charles Lawton - Cinematographer
- William Kiernan - Set Designer
- Jerome Chodorov - Play Author
- Joseph Fields - Play Author








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