My Sister Eileen (1942) Is JUST AWFUL

So awful...Only George Tobias is good in it.

So bad

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by Anonymousreply 10July 29, 2022 12:43 AM

R1 No one cared, so bumping your own thread probably won't help.

by Anonymousreply 2July 20, 2022 10:48 PM

Rosalind Russell was a terrible actress.

by Anonymousreply 4July 28, 2022 7:02 PM

Well, I agree with you, OP. Even Brian Aherne's presence doesn't help this stinker.

I love old movies, but too many of are really lacking in the script department. The comedies especially are often lame beyond belief and not the slightest bit funny. I end up feeling sorry for the actors performing in them.

by Anonymousreply 5July 28, 2022 7:10 PM

Aw, I like Roz in this. It's fine.

by Anonymousreply 6July 28, 2022 7:12 PM

Even worse. They dumped all the music from "Wonderful Town" (Bernstein, Comden & Green) but made it a musical anyway.

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by Anonymousreply 7July 28, 2022 9:58 PM

And then there was the TV series ...

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by Anonymousreply 8July 28, 2022 10:00 PM

[quote]My sister Eileen is JUST AWFUL

She should meet my friend Julie.

by Anonymousreply 9July 28, 2022 10:00 PM

The movie is based on a play, which was based on a series of biographical stories in "The New Yorker" by Rosalind Russell's character about her younger, prettier sister Eileen. The real Eileen married writer Nathanael West, best known for his 1930s novels "Miss Lonelyhearts" and "The Day Of The Locust". In 1940, a few days before the play's opening night, he caused an auto accident that killed them both.

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