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Two Sisters from Boston

TWO SISTERS FROM BOSTON

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CREDITS

1946, 112 minutes, BW.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Henry Koster; Screenplay, Myles Connolly and James O'Hanlon; Cinematography, Robert Surtees; Music Direction, Andre Previn; Choreography, Jack Donohue.

CAST

Martha Canford Chandler, June Allyson; Abigail Chandler, Kathryn Grayson; Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr., Peter Lawford; Spike, Jimmy Durante; Olstrom, Lauritz Melchior; Wrigley, Ben Blue; Aunt Jennifer, Isobel Elsom; Uncle Jonathan, Harry Hayden; Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr., Thurston Hall; Mrs. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr., Nella Walker; Ossifish, Gino Corrado.

SONGS

There Are Two Sides to Every Girl; The Fire Chief's Daughter; Down By the Ocean; Gwan, Your Mudder's Callin'; Nellie Martin; After the Show by Ralph Freed and Sammy Fain; Hello Hello Hello by Jimmy Durante; The Prize Song by Wagner.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"Abigail Chandler (Grayson) is known throughout the bowery as pretty little songbird High-C Susie, but her very proper Boston relatives think she's an accomplished opera singer. So, when the family comes to town to watch her perform, Abigail must try to pass herself off as the star of the Met while her little sister Martha (Allyson) takes her place at the beer hall. Can a plan like this bring the girls anything but trouble? It can if Abigail manages to escape the wrath of the great Ostrum (Melchior) when she pops out from the chorus and improvises cadenzas during his aria!"
- Liner Notes from Turner/MGM/UA Videotape

NOTES

". . .an enjoyable black-and-white musical not disimilar in mood to. . .Deanna Durbin offering at Universal in the mid-thirties."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Nicely detailed turn-of-the-century musical with pleasant talent."
- Halliwell's Film Guide

"Two Sisters from Boston is both an operatic and a low comedy treat...Jimmy Durante is at his peak..."
- Variety

Two Sisters From Boston was one of the top-grossing films of 1946. See Box Office Hits

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