Athena (film)
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by |
William Ludwig Leonard Spigelgass |
| Starring |
Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Vic Damone Louis Calhern |
| Music by |
Hugh Martin Ralph Blane |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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November 4, 1954 |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,443,000 |
| Box office | $1,880,000 |
Athena (1954) is a romantic musical comedy, starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves, and Evelyn Varden, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The film tells the story of an old-fashioned conservative lawyer who falls in love with a daughter from a family of fitness fanatics.
Conservative lawyer Adam Calhorn Shaw (Edmund Purdom) hopes to be elected to office, like his father, and his father's father. He is engaged to a sophistocated society lady, Beth Hallson (Linda Christian).
Arriving at a nursery to complain about the peach trees he had previously purchased, Adam meets the energetic and eccentric Athena Mulvain (Jane Powell), the oldest of seven sisters in a family of anti-smoking, vegetarian, teetotallers who follow astrology and numerology.
Athena offers to give him advice on how to mulch the peach trees, however, Adam is uneasy, and leaves. Later, at a party, Athena arrives, mulches Adam's peach trees, kisses him, and announces her intention to marry him. She also decides, after a numerological calculation, that Adam's friend Johnny Nyle (Vic Damone) would be perfect for her sister, Minerva (Debbie Reynolds).
Athena returns to Adam's house the next morning, to the shock of Adam's fiancée. Adam promises to tell Athena that he has no romantic interest in her, but finds she has left. He asks his legal secretary Miss Seely to search for her but to no avail. Eventually Johnny returns and tells Adam that Athena's family owns a health food store, and that he can find her there.
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