Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "My Sister Eileen"(1942)

You Tube ^ | 1955 | Richard Quine

[ReformationFan]

Today's feature is a bright and pleasant musical comedy of two sisters searching for success in 1950's NYC. Janet Leigh is very appealing in the title role. Fans of the later TV comedy hit "Laverne and Shirley" might want to catch it since:

1) 2 single girls trying to make them dreams come true in the 1950s

2) They live in a basement apartment like L & S did

3) Betty Garrett(who played their landlady and Laverne's stepmother) is one of the girls. It's cool to see "Mrs. B" so young here and in a story with a premise like the later TV series she would play in.

[ReformationFan]

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[jtal]

Interesting - I thought it sounded an awful lot like “Wonderful Town” - the musical composed by Leonard Bernstein.

It turns out that this musical and Wonderful Town are both based on the same set of short stories by Ruth McKenney.

And there are two film versions of “My Sister Eileen” - 1942 and 1955.

[jtal]

Why Oh Why Oh Why-O … Why did I ever leave Ohio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pCfW8nX1ZU

[reg45]

So, is this the 1942 version or the 1955 version? I think the 1942 version is in black and white, while the 1955 version appears to be in color.

[reg45]

The You Tube link is to the 1955 version.

[reg45]

Jack Lemmon's first movie role was in 1949. This movie was made in 1955, the same year as his Academy Award winning Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role as Ens. Frank Thurloe Pulver in the movie version of Mister Roberts.

[ReformationFan]

It was meant to be the 1955 version. I just didn’t catch my error in titling the thread until after I posted it.