Tish (1942 film)

Tish
Tish
Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Written by	Mary Roberts Rinehart
Screenplay by	Harry Ruskin ; Tom Seller; Annalee Whitmore
Based on	Tish; in The Saturday Evening Post ; by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced by	Orville O. Dull
Starring	Marjorie Main ; ZaSu Pitts ; Susan Peters
Cinematography	Paul C. Vogel
Edited by	Robert Kern
Music by	David Snell ; Daniele Amfitheatrof
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	1942;
Running time	84 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$282,000
Box office	$688,000

Last updated March 24, 2025

Tish is a 1942 comedy-drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Marjorie Main, ZaSu Pitts, and Aline MacMahon.

Plot

Cast

Marjorie Main as Miss Letitia "Tish" Carberry
ZaSu Pitts as Aggie Pilkington
Aline MacMahon as Lizzie Wilkins
Lee Bowman as Charles "Charlie" Sands, Tish's nephew
Guy Kibbee as Judge Horace Bowser
Susan Peters as Cora Edwards Bowzer
Virginia Grey as Katherine "Kit" Bowser Sands
Richard Quine as Theodore "Ted" Bowser

Reception

The film made $576,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $112,000 foreign markets, earning the studio a profit of $160,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

Tish at IMDb
Tish at the TCM Movie Database
Tish at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[Mannix-1] 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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