My Girl Tisa (1948)
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
Director: Elliott Nugent
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Lilli Palmer as Tisa Kepes |
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Sam Wanamaker as Mark Denek |
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Akim Tamiroff as Mr. Grumbach |
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Alan Hale as Dugan |
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Stella Adler as Mrs. Faludi |
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Hugo Haas as Tescu |
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Gale Robbins as Jenny Kepes |
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Benny Baker as Herman |
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Sumner Getchell as Georgie |
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Sid Tomack as BinkaBinka |
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John Qualen as Svenson |
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Tom Dillon as Riley |
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Sidney Blackmer as Theodore Roosevelt |
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Fritz Feld as Prof. Tabor |
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John Banner as Otto |
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Max Barwyn as Boarder |
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Hobart Cavanaugh as Sigmund |
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Martin Berliner as Felix (uncredited) |
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Gabriel Canzona as Organ Grinder (uncredited) |
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Doria Caron as Hilde (uncredited) |
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Freddie Chapman as Child at Picnic (uncredited) |
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Edward Clark as |
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Edgar Dearing as Jailer (uncredited) |
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Ralph Dunn as |
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Olga Fabian as |
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James Flavin as Guard (uncredited) |
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Maxine Gates as Mrs. O'Hoolihan |
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Ian MacDonald as Guard (uncredited) |
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Charles Middleton as |
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Frances Morris as |
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Jack Mower as Postman (uncredited) |
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David Newell as |
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Elliott Nugent as |
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Garry Owen as |
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Ralph Peters as Customer (uncredited) |
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Harry Shannon as |
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Ivan F. Simpson as |
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Friedrich von Ledebur as Igor (uncredited) |
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Oliver Crawford as Henchman (uncredited) |
| Production | Chuck Hansen | Production Manager |
| Writing | Lucille S. Prumbs | Novel |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Christian Nyby | Editor |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcia Masa | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Sara B. Smith | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leah Rhodes | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eddie Voight | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Art | Fred M. MacLean | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Directing | Elliott Nugent | Director |
| Production | Milton Sperling | Producer |
| Writing | Allen Boretz | Writer |
| Camera | Pat Clark | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Stanley Young | Grip |
