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MY SISTER EILEEN - The Lease Breakers

Air Date/Released Wednesday, November 2, 1960
Station/Studio CBS
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)

Sitcom adaptation of the Broadway play and 1942 Columbia feature film, themselves both an adaptation of Ruth McKinney's semi-autobiographical novel. Two sisters from Ohio move to New York for jobs and fame. Older sister Ruth is the sensible writer, and younger sister Eileen is the impressionable and naive aspiring actress.

The episode is not available for viewing at this time. Some promotional information reveals that Ruth throws a lease-breaking party, and Joe Besser and Connie Van portray off-key singers invited to make the party a hit with Mr. Appoplous.


Cast: Elaine Stritch (Ruth McKinney), Shirley Bonne (Eileen McKinney), Rose Marie (Bertha), Leon Belasco (Mr. Appoplous), Jack Weston (Chick Adams), Raymond Bailey (Mr. Beaumont), Stubby Kaye (Marty Scott), Joe Besser (Sammy), Connie Van (Alice)

Crew: Harry Ackerman, Dick Wesson (Producers)
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