My Sister Eileen
3.5
Music
Comedy
1955
108 min
NR
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Starring:
Janet Leigh
,
Jack Lemmon
,
Betty Garrett
,
Bob Fosse
,
Kurt Kasznar
,
Dick York
,
Lucy Marlow
Music
Comedy
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"If you had asked me before seeing this comedy musical movie if Janet Leigh or Jack Lemon could sing or dance, I would have said: They never did a musical. I was WRONG. Not only can Jack and Janet carry a tune, but they can dance a little too. Dick York plays the role of the ladies fellow tenant in the artists apartment house that Ruth and Eileen live in. Richard Deacon is Jack Lemmon's pompous secretary. This is a cute period musical romance following the lives of two Ohio transplants in New York. The two women rent a tiny apartment. Ruth wants to be a writer and her sister Eileen pursues a dancing career. Each of the women meet 🤝 a few light challenges along the way. Overall, the movie is light and airy, with a couple musical numbers and a little comedy of errors. "
Errika Mason
