My Sister Eileen
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My Sister Eileen (1940), a comedy by Joseph A.
Fields and Jerome
Chodorov. [
Biltmore Theatre, 864 perf.] Two Ohio sisters, the acerbic Ruth ( Shirley
Booth), who is determined to become a famous writer, and the sweet Eileen ( Jo Ann Sayers), who dreams of becoming an actress, move to New York and take a Greenwich Village basement apartment that is constantly jolted by blasts from subway construction. Although Eileen quickly has dozens of suitors, she cannot find work, and Ruth's attempts to persuade Robert Baker ( William Post Jr.), editor of
Manhatter magazine, to publish her work come to naught. Finally Chick Clark ( Bruce MacFarlane), a newspaper reporter, gets Ruth an assignment welcoming a Brazilian naval ship. Ruth invites the sailors home, where a fight ensues, the police arrive, and Eileen punches a policeman. The melee lands Eileen on the front page and also gets her an acting job, and Ruth falls in love with Baker and starts her journalism career. Based on Ruth McKenney's
New Yorker stories, the Max
Gordon production was hailed by the
Post as “the giddiest delight to be seen here‐abouts since
You Can't Take It with You.” The comedy served as the basis for the successful musical
WONDERFUL TOWN with Fields and Chodorov adapting their own play, Leonard
Bernstein composing the music, and Betty
Comden and Adolph
Green providing the lyrics. Rosalind
Russell was Ruth, Edith Adams was Eileen, and George Gaynes was Baker.
Notable songs: Ohio; A Quiet Girl; One Hundred Easy Ways; Conga! Robert
Fryer produced the show at the
Winter Garden Theatre where it ran 559 performances. The musical was revived on Broadway in 2003.
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