Two Sisters from Boston

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

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.

Comedy Music

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))