My Sister Eileen

• 6.7 Comedy
• 1942-09-24
• 96 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Rosalind Russell (Ruth Sherwood) Brian Aherne (Robert Baker) Janet Blair (Eileen Sherwood) George Tobias (Appopolous) Allyn Joslyn (Chic Clark) Grant Mitchell (Walter Sherwood) Gordon Jones ('The Wreck' Loomis) Elizabeth Patterson (Grandma Sherwood) Richard Quine (Frank Lippincott) June Havoc (Effie Shelton)

Director:

Alexander Hall

Writer:

Joseph Fields Jerome Chodorov