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My Sister Eileen

1955 · 108 min

A breezy, cheerful confection of mistaken identities, dance numbers and Greenwich Village scrapes that leaves you smiling.

Tagline
That Joyous New Musical !
Overview
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 Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • family
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, music
Directed by
Richard Quine
Written by
Blake Edwards, Richard Quine
Starring
Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Dick York, Lucy Marlow, Tommy Rall
Music
George Duning
Cinematography
Charles Lawton Jr.
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Portuguese

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