Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Janet Leigh Jack Lemmon Betty Garrett Bob Fosse Kurt Kasznar Dick York Lucy Marlow Barbara Brown Tommy Rall Queenie Smith Horace McMahon Henry Slate Hal March Franklyn Farnum Alphonse Martell Peter Norman Alberto Morin Jeffrey Sayre Cosmo Sardo Sid Tomack Emil Sitka Dorothy Phillips Anne Loos Ken Christy
Ma soeur est du tonnerre, Mia sorella Evelina, Mi hermana Elena, Ma sœur est du tonnerre, Моя сестра Эйлин, Meine Schwester Ellen, Jejum de Amor, 艾莲妹妹, Δύο παράξενα κορίτσια, 마이 시스터 아이린, La meva germana Eileen
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Ah, the days when guys were trying to impress girls by doing fancy tricks with their hats!
Delightful but you-will-have-forgotten-it-by-the-next-morning musical that I think anyone can relate to who's ever lived in a shitty basement apartment in New York City in their 20s like Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett, who are playing sisters.
I mainly watched this for Jack Lemmon, obviously under the delusion that he was gonna be singing and dancing. Turns out he doesn't dance once, and his singing is... well, let's just say he's definitely a better actor. Generally he's not all that important here, playing an uncharacteristically sleazy guy.
It's all very 50s, with boys who work the soda fountain at the drugstore and girls with…
This is fairly forgettable as a whole! But what’s not forgettable is Betty Garrett’s performance as Ruth! She’s got so much charisma! The musical numbers I’ve already forgotten about but there are several dance sequences that have stayed with me! And that’s all thanks to none other than Bob Fosse, who is billed Robert Fosse here!! Overall, it’s swift and fun but nothing deeper than that.
This is limited some by a mediocre score, but the choreography, framing and Garrett's performance are all wonderful. It just hits a joyful note and sustain it through over 100 minutes.
Minor but cute musical romantic farce about sisters Betty Garrett and Janet Leigh conned into living in a rundown Greenwich Village apartment for a month before they can get back their deposit and head back home to Ohio, so they try to make a go of it in the big city and meet a couple bachelors along the way (Jack Lemmon as a womanizing boss, Bob Fosse as a Walgreens beverage jockey, yes 4-time Oscar nominated choreographer/director Bob Fosse is one of the romantic leads in this '50s froth). Dick York is a friendly athletic neighbor. Fosse also ran the musical numbers for this, needless to say, while a young Blake Edwards co-wrote the script!
Every misfortune related to the…
The feminine urge d’habiter un bloc déglingué avec ta petite sœur plus cute que toi et de voir Bob Fosse et Tommy Rall débarquer chez vous pour du spaghetti et du vin Walgreens en spécial (très important!) qui se boit tablette.
I had fun with this! It reminded me a lot of Bells Are Ringing, it's not nearly as good but it has the same charm (Judy Holliday was originally supposed to play Ruth).
Things I liked:
-the songs (the opening song from Ruth was my favorite)
-the fact that there's the same amount of importance put on romance and career for the two sisters, perhaps even more on career. That's pretty rare, especially for the 50s!
-the dancing!!! The numbers were creative (hat choreography and playing imaginary instruments) but also I liked that they referenced things like Top Hat
-I loved Wreck so much, also Dick York singing and dancing was so fun to watch because Darrin would never
-Jack…
I hardly comprehended the plot but the musical numbers were great. Fosse is a fantastic choreographer
Exceedingly likeable Cinemascope musical comedy based on Ruth McKenney stories that led to a non-musical 1942 film directed by Columbia comedy stalwart Alexander Hall (and not half bad) and an earlier completely different Bernstein/Comden/Green Broadway musical Wonderful Town. The two Sherwood sisters of Ohio - Ruth, an unlucky in love aspiring writer (Betty Garrett), and Eileen, a drop dead gorgeous wannabe actress (Janet Leigh) - move to a seedy Greenwich Village semi-basement apartment (Hollywood back lot sanitized seedy mind you) to seek fame and fortune. A simple, colorful, funny and charming film– a real sleeper. Jack Lemmon (who sings!) and Bob Fosse (who also choreographed) have sizable and winning supporting roles. The “Give Me a Band” number is a grin…
JACK LEMMON SINGING AND PUTTING THE CIGARETTE IN BETTY GARRETTS MOUTH ARE YOU KIDDING ME
There should be statues of the gazebo number. Its name should be on the lips of schoolchildren.
