My Girl Tisa (1948)
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Adapted by Allen Boretz from Lucille S. Plumbs and Sara B. Smith's stage play Ever the Beginning, My Girl Tisa is set in New York at the turn of the century. Tisa Kepes (Lilli Palmer) is a newly arrived immigrant girl who hopes to bring her father to America. She is fleeced by travel-agent Hugo… More Adapted by Allen Boretz from Lucille S. Plumbs and Sara B. Smith's stage play Ever the Beginning, My Girl Tisa is set in New York at the turn of the century. Tisa Kepes (Lilli Palmer) is a newly arrived immigrant girl who hopes to bring her father to America. She is fleeced by travel-agent Hugo Haas, browbeaten by sweatshop-owner Akim Tamiroff, and offered sagacious but ineffectual legal advice by Sam Wanamaker. It takes a "deus ex machina" appearance by Theodore Roosevelt (Sidney Blackmer) to solve Tisa's dilemma. When asked about My Girl Tisa, director Elliot Nugent was proudest of his ability to cut down on the budget by filming several of his street scenes from an overhead vantage point, thereby economizing on sets and extras. The film was produced independently by Milton Sperling's United States Pictures, and released by Warner Bros. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elliott Nugent
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
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Cast
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Lilli Palmer
as Tisa Kepes
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Sam Wanamaker
as Mark Denek
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Akim Tamiroff
as Mr. Grumbach
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Hugo Haas
as Tescu
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Gale Robbins
as Jenny Kepes
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Stella Adler
as Mrs. Faludi
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Ben Baker
as Herman
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Sumner Getchell
as Georgie
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Sid Tomack
as Binka
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John Qualen
as Svenson
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Sidney Blackmer
as Theodore Roosevelt
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Fritz Feld
as Prof. Tabor
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John Banner
as Otto
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Thomas P. Dillon
as Riley
- Ivan Simpson
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Alan Hale Jr.
as Dugan
