Fresh
My Sister Eileen is gay and bouncing. It is a farce which depends entirely upon two doors. And we hate to think what would have happened to it if some one had thought to nail one of those doors shut.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
My Sister Eileen
NOW ON THE SCREEN! THE STAGE HIT THAT CONVULSED BROADWAY AND THE NATION !
1942 · 1h 36m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
My Sister Eileen
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Alexander Hall Director
- Rosalind Russell as Ruth Sherwood
- Brian Aherne as Robert Baker
- Janet Blair as Eileen Sherwood
- George Tobias as Appopolous
- Allyn Joslyn as Chic Clark
- Grant Mitchell as Walter Sherwood
- Gordon Jones as 'The Wreck' Loomis
- Elizabeth Patterson as Grandma Sherwood
- Richard Quine as Frank Lippincott
- June Havoc as Effie Shelton
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
More films
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
Comedy · Family · G
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible whe...
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- Elizabeth Allen
- Cast
- Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett
IMDb
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
56
Mary Poppins (1964)
Comedy · Family · Fantasy · G
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Director
- Robert Stevenson
- Cast
- Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson
IMDb
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
88
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Comedy · Family · PG
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Cast
- Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff
IMDb
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes
25%
Metacritic
46
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Comedy · Music · Approved
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Walter Lang
- Cast
- Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor
IMDb
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Stuart Little (1999)
Adventure · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · PG
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Director
- Rob Minkoff
- Cast
- Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie
IMDb
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
61
I Served the King of England (2007)
Comedy · R
Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of hist...
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Cast
- Ivan Barnev, Oldřich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
72
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Comedy · PG
The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over Otík...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Cast
- János Bán, Marián Labuda, Zdeněk Svěrák
IMDb
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Larks on a String (1990)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · N/A
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský, Václav Neckář, Jitka Zelenohorská
IMDb
7.3
Cutting It Short (1981)
Comedy · N/A
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed r...
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Cast
- Magda Vášáryová, Rudolf Hrušínský, Petr Čepek
IMDb
8.0
The Snowdrop Festival (1984)
Comedy · Drama · N/A
An episodic film about the inhabitants of Kersko, their hardships and their joys, most prominently hunting. A lyrical and humorous adaptation of writings by Bohumil Hrabal.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr
IMDb
7.5
Comments
Talk about the film with other members