 It opened on December 26, 1940 (four days after the death of the Eileen of the title), and ran until January 16, 1943.A film adaptation was made in 1942, directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell as Ruth.Fields and Chodorov later adapted their play into the musical "Wonderful Town", with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein, and starring Rosalind Russell and Edie Adams.