My Girl Tisa (1948)

9.0/10 95 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Lilli Palmer

Tisa Kepes

Sam Wanamaker

Mark Denek

Akim Tamiroff

Mr. Grumbach

Alan Hale

Dugan

Stella Adler

Mrs. Faludi

Hugo Haas

Tescu

Gale Robbins

Jenny Kepes

Benny Baker

Herman

Sumner Getchell

Georgie

Sid Tomack

BinkaBinka

John Qualen

Svenson

Tom Dillon

Riley

Sidney Blackmer

Theodore Roosevelt

Fritz Feld

Prof. Tabor

John Banner

Otto

Max Barwyn

Boarder

Hobart Cavanaugh

Sigmund

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