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My Sister Eileen(Movie, 1942)

1h 36min | Genre: Comedy
My Sister EileenRating: 3.4/5 (with 99 votes)
My Sister Eileen is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne and Janet Blair. The screenplay by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov is based on their 1940 play of the same title, which was inspired by a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker. The supporting cast features George Tobias, Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell, Gordon Jones and, in a cameo appearance at the end, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). ()
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Awards & Nominations for My Sister Eileen

Academy Award for Best Actress

About My Sister Eileen

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "My Sister Eileen" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/24/1942

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