Director: Elliott Nugent
Genres: Drama
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Adapted by Allen_Boretz from Lucille S. Plumbs and Sara B. Smith's stage play -Ever the Beginning, My Girl Tisa is set in New York at the turn of the century. Tisa Kepes (Lilli_Palmer) is a newly arrived immigrant girl who hopes to bring her father to America. She is fleeced by travel-agent Hugo_Haas, browbeaten by sweatshop-owner Akim_Tamiroff, and offered sagacious but ineffectual legal advice by Sam_Wanamaker. It takes a "deus ex machina" appearance by Theodore Roosevelt (Sidney_Blackmer) to solve Tisa's dilemma. When asked about My Girl Tisa, director Elliot_Nugent was proudest of his ability to cut down on the budget by filming several of his street scenes from an overhead vantage point, thereby economizing on sets and extras. The film was produced independently by Milton_Sperling's United States Pictures, and released by Warner Bros. Hal Erickson, Rovi


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