Two Sisters from Boston

Jun 6, 1946

1h 52m

★ 6.0

"Ladies an' Gents! The most inflammable damsels... the most terrific tenor... the most colossol schnozzle ...ever!"

Overview

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Abigail Chandler

Kathryn Grayson

Martha Canford Chandler

June Allyson

Olstrom

Lauritz Melchior

'Spike'

Jimmy Durante

Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr.

Peter Lawford

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

Bowery Chorine (uncredited)

Marion Ackerson

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