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- U
- Adventure, Comedy
- 1954
- 103 mins
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
About
Left to his own devices, Donen has directed movies that are bad, indifferent and good. Co-directing with Gene Kelly or George Abbott, or, in this case, magnificently assisted by choreographer Michael Kidd, he has made superb musicals.
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers had a fraught pre-production and was actually shot in CinemaScope (the version we see, even on TV) and a more conventional ratio, which made the shooting doubly difficult.
Somehow it transcends such problems and exudes the wonderful spontaneity that the director brought to his best work.
Cast & Connections
- Actor: Russ Tamblyn, Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Howard Petrie, Tommy Rall, Jeff Richards
- Director: Stanley Donen
- Writer: Albert Hackett, France Goodrich
- Producer: Jack Cummings
- Photographer: George Folsey
- Composer: Gene De Paul
In a nutshell
The songs are not classic and the cast is exuberant rather than charismatic, but Kidd's energetic choreography triumphs.
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