My Girl Tisa

My Girl Tisa

95 mins | Drama | Feb. 7, 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.

My Girl Tisa

95 mins | Drama | Feb. 7, 1948

My Girl Tisa
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title My Girl Tisa
Directors Elliott Nugent
Writers Sara B. Smith, Lucille S. Prumbs, Allen Boretz

Cast

Lilli Palmer

as Tisa Kepes

Sam Wanamaker

as Mark Denek

Akim Tamiroff

as Mr. Grumbach

Alan Hale

as Dugan

Stella Adler

as Mrs. Faludi

Hugo Haas

as Tescu

Gale Robbins

as Jenny Kepes

Benny Baker

as Herman

Sumner Getchell

as Georgie

Sid Tomack

as BinkaBinka

John Qualen

as Svenson

Tom Dillon

as Riley

Sidney Blackmer

as Theodore Roosevelt

Fritz Feld

as Prof. Tabor

John Banner

as Otto

Max Barwyn

as Boarder

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Sigmund

Martin Berliner

as Felix (uncredited)

Gabriel Canzona

as Organ Grinder (uncredited)

Doria Caron

as Hilde (uncredited)

Freddie Chapman

as Child at Picnic (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Jailer (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Guard (uncredited)

Maxine Gates

as Mrs. O'Hoolihan

Ian MacDonald

as Guard (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Postman (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

as Customer (uncredited)

Friedrich von Ledebur

as Igor (uncredited)