Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Two Sisters From Boston (1946) - Henry Koster on AllMovie - By 1946, MGM's musical output was in the hands of… The cultural portion of the program is handled by Metropolitan Opera star Lauritz Melchior, who though in excellent voice isn't as much fun to watch as Durante. Kathryn Grayson and June Allyson play two Boston sisters from an upright Back Bay family.
When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.When a beautiful bride boards an ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy.The Frake family attends the annual Iowa State Fair; each member of the clan has their own reason for doing so.Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.A homesick, no-nonsense, lounge singer decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast, and eventually falling in love with down-and-out ex-jazz pianist.You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. Two sisters arrive in New York and find work as entertainers in a rowdy Bowery saloon. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCopyright © 2020 FANDANGO MOVIES.
Opera Cast Member (uncredited) Jack Deery ... General in Opera (uncredited) Patricia Denise ... Bowery Chorine (uncredited) Carrie Devan ... Bowery Chorine (uncredited)
Since the saloon owner is lovable old Jimmy Durante, the girls have nothing to fear so far as physical outrages are concerned, though they just barely withstand the assault to their eardrums when Schnozzola sings "G'wan Home, Your Mother's Calling."
In other words, people don't just break out into song for no reason. And of course, Kathryn Grayson has a gorgeous voice.The Bechdel Test is an extremely basic and unreliable litmus test for gender equality in film. By 1946, MGM's musical output was in the hands of two men: the incisive, progressive Arthur Freed, and the sentimental, old-fashioned Joe Pasternak.It was Pasternak who held the reins on Two Sisters from Boston, a period piece set in New York. It was Pasternak who held the reins on Two Sisters from Boston, a period piece set in New York. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.Keep up with all the biggest announcements and updates with IMDb's breaking news roundup of Comic-Con@Home 2020.An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?