Tag Archives: My Sister Eileen

“Wonderful Town”, the TV Special (1958) – reviewed by George

Posted on October 13, 2021 by cobblerjon

A commercial endeavor in black and white on CBS – hosted by Dorothy Collins, female star of Your Hit Parade, and sponsored by WestClox, Carling’s Black Label Beer, and Lilt Speed-bath Permanents. Other stars appearing in the commercials: Laraine Day, … Continue reading →

Posted in TV, W | Tagged Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Charley Weaver, Dorothy Collins, Edie Adams, Jacquelyn McKeever, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields, Laraine Day, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Ferber, My Sister Eileen, Rosalind Russell, Ruth McKenney, Sydney Chaplin, Tom Poston, Wonderful Town | Leave a comment

My Sister Eileen (1955) in Cinemascope and Technicolor – reviewed by George

Posted on May 25, 2020 by cobblerjon

The history of this property is interesting. Columbia shot the original film in 1942 starring Rosalind Russell and Janet Blair (my review was published here on 1-9-20). Then in 1953 a Broadway musical version was presented starring Rosalind Russell and … Continue reading →

Posted in M, Movies | Tagged Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, Blake Edwards, Bob Fosse, Dick York, Edie Adams, Jack Lemmon, Jacquelyn McKeever, James Chodorov, Janet Blair, Janet Leigh, Joseph Fields, Jule Styne, Kurt Kasznar, Leo Robin, Leonard Bernstein, Lucy Marlow, My Sister Eileen, Richard Quine, Rosalind Russell, Tommy Rall | Leave a comment

My Sister Eileen (1942) – reviewed by George

Posted on January 19, 2020 by cobblerjon

Working at the Columbus Ohio Courier, Ruth Sherwood (Rosalind Russell) is writing a review of a stage production of Ibsen’s “Doll House” starring her sister Eileen Sherwood (Janet Blair). She has written that the audience was spellbound and Eileen was … Continue reading →

Posted in M, Movies | Tagged Alexander Hall, Brian Aherne, Clyde Fillmore, Elizabeth Patterson, George Tobias, Gordon Jones, Grant Mitchell, Janet Blair, Jeff Donnell, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields, My Sister Eileen, Rosalind Russell, Ruth McKenney, The Three Stooges | Leave a comment

Broadway: The American Musical (2004) – Episode 5 “Tradition (1957-1979)” – reviewed by George

Posted on September 27, 2017 by cobblerjon

This episode seems rushed, as though the airdate caught up with the folks who write the labels for the pieces of film – because people whose faces you recognize and whose names you know are not identified at all. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in A, B, TV | Tagged A Chorus Line, All I Care About Is Love, America, Barbra Streisand, Before the Parade Passes By, Beth Howland, Bob Fosse, Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Camelot, Carol Channing, Carol Lawrence, Chicago, Company, Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, Funny Girl, George Chakiris, Gypsy, Hair, Hal Prince, Hello Dolly, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, I Need This Job, I'm Not Getting Married Today, If I Were a Rich Man, Jerome Robbins, Jerry Orbach, Jill Haworth, Joel Grey, Kander and Ebb, Larry Kert, Liza with a Z, Louis Armstrong, Michael Bennett, My Sister Eileen, One, People, Pippin, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim, The American Musical, Tommy Rall, Tonight, Tradition, West Side Story, Wilkommen, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: My Sister Eileen

“Wonderful Town”, the TV Special (1958) – reviewed by George

My Sister Eileen (1955) in Cinemascope and Technicolor – reviewed by George

My Sister Eileen (1942) – reviewed by George

Broadway: The American Musical (2004) – Episode 5 “Tradition (1957-1979)” – reviewed by George

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