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.
Director
Elliott Nugent
Writer
Allen Boretz
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
