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MY SISTER EILEEN
U.S., 1955
Directed by Richard Quine
Starring Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse
Approx. 108 min. DCP.
Singing and dancing Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, and young Bob Fosse (also making his solo choreography debut) light up this alternative musical about the adventures of two Ohio sisters in Greenwich Village (the other was Comden & Green’s Broadway hit WONDERFUL TOWN). The sisters’ real Village basement apartment was at 16 Gay St, minutes from Film Forum!
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“Lemmon is a charming comedy actor, getting more so in each successive film.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
“Funny, innocent and light on its toes.”
– Time Out