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Two Sisters from Boston
"Ladies an' Gents! The most inflammable damsels... the most terrific tenor... the most colossol schnozzle ...ever!"
Genres
ComedyMusic
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1946-06-06
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6
Cast
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Kathryn Grayson
Abigail Chandler
June Allyson
Martha Canford Chandler
Lauritz Melchior
Olstrom
Jimmy Durante
'Spike'
Peter Lawford
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr.
Ben Blue
Wrigley
Isobel Elsom
Aunt Jennifer
Harry Hayden
Uncle Jonathan
Thurston Hall
Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
Nella Walker
Mrs. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
Gino Corrado
Ossifish
Marion Ackerson
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Ed Agresti
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Mariska Aldrich
Russian Opera Team Member (uncredited)
Gloria Alvord
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Maid at Tea Party (uncredited)
Martha Bamattre
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Stagehand (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Boyd Bennett
Photographer (uncredited)
John Berkes
Ticket Man (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Maid (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Madame Grenadi (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Golden Rooster Patron (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Opera Chorus Member (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Lionel Braham
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Mario Bramucci
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
Judy Brent
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Ralph Brooke
Messenger (uncredited)
Roy Butler
Guest (uncredited)
George Calliga
Opera Cast Member / Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Ann Cameron
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Adriana Caselotti
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
Music Master (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Greek Professor (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Chester Clute
George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
Assistant Stage Director (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli
Fat Professor (uncredited)
Marjorie Davis
Louise (uncredited)
Bryn Davis
Fat Woman (uncredited)
George Davis
Kitchen Worker (uncredited)
Dona Dax
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Daniel de Jonghe
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Jack Deery
General in Opera (uncredited)
Patricia Denise
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Carrie Devan
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Woman in Gallery (uncredited)
Sheila Egan
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Virginia S. Ellsworth
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Virginia Engels
Big Blonde (uncredited)
Antonio Filauri
Italian Opera Singer (uncredited)
James Finlayson
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Recording Technician (uncredited)
Jack George
Timid Composer (uncredited)
John George
Man Operating Winking-Eye Poster (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Court Marshall (uncredited)
Clemence Gifford
Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Spectator with Binoculars (uncredited)
William E. Green
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Stagehand (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Opera Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Jackson
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Johnson
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Richard Kean
Choreographer (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Guest at Tea / Recital (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Opera Patron (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz
Innkeeper's Daughter (uncredited)
Effie Laird
Emma (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Jerry Lee
Fat Woman in Chorus (uncredited)
Tom Leffingwell
Priest in Opera (uncredited)
Frank Leigh
Cardinal in Opera (uncredited)
Ben Lessy
Rogetto - Olstrom's Valet (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Drexel - Sleeping Man on Stage (uncredited)
James Logan
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Old Flower Woman (uncredited)
George Mann
Tall Assistant (uncredited)
Matt Mattox
Dancer (uncredited)
Ann McCormack
Chorine (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
Pat McKee
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mayo Newhall
Greek Professor (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Eddie - Stagehand (uncredited)
Skeets Noyes
Other Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Usher (uncredited)
Jetsy Parker
Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
John Piffle
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Tom Pilkington
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Eddie Polo
Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Previn
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Eva Puig
Maria - Hairdresser (uncredited)
Emil Rameau
Nervous Conductor (uncredited)
Charles Regan
Bouncer (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Opera Patron (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Bouncer at The Golden Rooster (uncredited)
Jack Roth
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Dina Smirnova
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Agnes Steele
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Betsy Stoddard
Party Guest (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Recital Guest (uncredited)
George Suzanne
Man in Booth (uncredited)
Lee Sweetland
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Tamarez
Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
Andrew Tombes
Recording Session Director (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Porter (uncredited)
Gladys Turney
Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Russian Opera Team Member (uncredited)
Percival Vivian
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Stage Director (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Hugo Tinkerfield (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
Flirt (uncredited)
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