Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

Director

Stanley Donen

Classification

U

Genres

Classic, Romantic Comedy, Musical, Comedy

DVD Relese Date

1954

Description

Starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel, this musical showcase of spectacular love songs and dazzling dance numbers garnered a 1954 Academy Award for Best Score (Musical) and received four additional nominations including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, and featuring such memorable tunes as "Bless Yore Beautiful Hide" and "Goin' Co'tin. When rugged frontiersman Adam (Keel) sweeps local beauty, Milly (Powell), off her feet, the whole town is turned upside-down. But no one's more shocked than Milly, who discovers that she's now expected to cook and clean not only for Adam but for his six rowdy brothers too! Well, Milly's no pushover, and soon she has those boisterous boys whipped into "groomhood" and dancing for joy over six brides of their own!

Cast

Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox, Jacques d'Amboise, Julie Newmar & Nancy Kilgas

Fun Film Info

MGM considered this a B movie - they had higher aspirations for the more expensive "Brigadoon". For this reason, they slashed the budget on "Seven Brothers", forcing Stanley Donen to use painted backdrops instead of location filming. The censors weren't too happy about the line in the song "Lonesome Polecat" where the brothers lament "A man can't sleep when he sleeps with sheep". By not showing any sheep in the same shot as the brothers, the filmmakers were able to get away with it. Caleb says, "There was no 'F' names in the Bible, so Ma named him Frankincense, 'cause he smelled so sweet." However, there are in fact three "F" names in the Bible: Felix, Fes'tus, and Fortunatus.

Quotes

Milly: Don't you like girls? Gideon: We ain't never hardly ever seen one. Adam: You're beating your head against a stone wall, Milly. You'll never make jackadandies out of them! "One of the greatest musicals, if not movies, of all time" FILMCRITIC.COM; "A big, brawling, rollicking movie" DVDTOWN.COM

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