As Marilyn Monroe's penultimate film, and her last in color, and her final completed film for Fox (her final work was the extraordinary The Misfits, which should not be missed), it has an interesting place in history.
Great film?
Not by a long shot.
But...
There's treasure to be mined here...
Richard Quine, a Columbia staple during this period, directed My Sister Eileen, based upon the stage play, in 1955.
The color production, filmed in CinemaScope by Charles Lawton, Jr. (The Lady from Shanghai), has made its way to Twilight Time, and the wait has been worthwhile.
Derived from a...
Robert Harris
A few words about...™ Gidget -- in Blu-ray
"If you ever need a friend you can depend on..."
Had Gidget not turned Sandra Dee into a Hollywood sensation, it probably would have been Imitation of Life, or A Summer Place, or one of the Tammy films.
But way back in 1959, Sandra...