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Fields and Chodorov adapted their play for a 1942 film released by Columbia Pictures (their biggest hit of 1942/3). Alexander Hall directed a cast that includes Rosalind Russell as Ruth (in an Academy Award–nominated performance [2]) and Janet Blair as Eileen, with Brian Aherne, George Tobias, Allyn Joslyn, Elizabeth Patterson, Grant Mitchell, Jeff Donnell, and Richard Quine in supporting roles.
As seen in the film, "The New Yorker" editor Harold Ross was at first reluctant to publish Ruth McKinney's columns, preferring to keep his magazine a "High Society" publication, but he eventually relented. Ruth's columns were gathered in a book, "My Sister Eileen," which was published in 1938.
The hit play My Sister Eileen opened on Broadway in late 1940, starring Shirley Booth as Ruth, and was still running in September 1942 when the film was released. The play closed in January 1943 after 864 performances.
My Sister Eileen. Released Sep 24, 1942 1h 36m Comedy CTA List. 80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings. When starry-eyed sisters, Ruth (Rosalind Russell) and Eileen Sherwood ...
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My Sister Eileen (1942) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Alexander Hall and produced by Max Gordon. ... By Cameron on Apr 14, 2016 From The Blonde At The Film.
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In 1942, Columbia released the first film version of My Sister Eileen. Based on the madcap adventures of the McKenney sisters, penned by aspiring authoress Ruth and published in The New Yorker , the stories enjoyed immediate popularity when written as a Broadway play in 1940.
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My Sister Eileen was based on a series of autobiographical articles by real-life writer Ruth McKenney, who with Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodhorov adapted these stories into a Broadway play. The play was later musicalized for the stage as Wonderful Town (again with Rosalind Russell), while the film version was itself adapted into a separate movie musical in 1955.
