Movie
My Girl Tisa (1948)
My Girl Tisa is a Sweetheart of a Picture
Drama
Story
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 Starring: Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Hale
My Girl Tisa 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