The Gay Sisters

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The Gay Sisters

Directed by	Irving Rapper
Produced by	Henry Blanke Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Stephen Longstreet (novel) Lenore J. Coffee
Starring	Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Geraldine Fitzgerald Donald Crisp Gig Young
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Editing by	Warren Low
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	1942
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Gay Sisters is a 1942 American Warner Bros. drama film starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp and Gig Young, which was based on a novel by Stephen Longstreet. Directed by Irving Rapper.

[edit] Plot

Fiona, Evelyn and Susanna are sisters. When their mother dies on the Lusitania, and their father is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves. Fiona marries Charles Barclay in order to get an inheritance and he begins a campaign to obtain the mansion to level it for real estate development. She vows that this will never happen.

[edit] Cast

Barbara Stanwyck as Fiona Gaylord
George Brent as Charles Barclay
Geraldine Fitzgerald as Evelyn Gaylord
Donald Crisp as Ralph Pedloch
Gig Young as Gig Young. The actor's name was Byron Barr. He later took his character's name.
Nancy Coleman as Susanna 'Susie' Gaylord
Gene Lockhart as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Larry Simms as Austin, aka 'Butch'
Donald Woods as Penn Sutherland Gaylord
Grant Mitchell as Gilbert Wheeler
William T. Orr as Dick Tone
Anne Revere as Miss Ida Orner
Helen Thimig as Saskia, the Gaylord maid
George Lessey as Judge Barrows
Charles Waldron as Mr. Van Rennseler (as Charles D. Waldron)
Frank Reicher as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
David Clyde as Benson, Penn's servant
Mary Thomas as Fiona Gaylord as a girl of 8