My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen (1955)

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Richard Quine
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1955 Limited
On DVD
Feb 22, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...a breezy, lightweight musical...

  • James Plath, Movie Metropolis

    Fans of old musicals will find this formula fare to their liking, but be warned that the music isn't memorable.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    A lightweight musical w/o much of a plot (2 small town women try to make it in New Yawk) but still interesting for a coupla reasons. One is the performance of Mr. Bob Fosse. He does sincere engagingly well. Then there's a song by Lemmon at which he fails, but he goes down… More

  • AJ V


    I know it's a remake, but it's got Jack Lemmon, and he's really funny in this movie. I want to see the original now.

  • jay n


    Bland average musical, Betty Garrett is good as is Jack although he shouldn't have sung. Some of the dances are fine some blah. Worth a view but only one.

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