Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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| Directed by | Stanley Donen |
| Produced by | Jack Cummings |
| Screenplay by |
Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Dorothy Kingsley |
| Based on |
The Sobbin' Women by Stephen Vincent Benét |
| Starring |
Howard Keel Jane Powell Jeff Richards Matt Mattox Marc Platt Jacques d'Amboise Tommy Rall Russ Tamblyn Julie Newmar Ruta Lee Norma Doggett Virginia Gibson Betty Carr Nancy Kilgas Ian Wolfe Marjorie Wood Russell Simpson Howard Petrie |
| Music by |
Gene de Paul Johnny Mercer Adolph Deutsch Saul Chaplin |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,540,000 |
| Box office | $9,403,000 |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 musical film, photographed in Ansco Color in the CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story "The Sobbin' Women", by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the Ancient Roman legend of The Rape of the Sabine Women. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which is set in Oregon in 1850, is particularly known for Kidd's unusual choreography, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and raising a barn. Film critic Stephanie Zacharek has called the barn-raising sequence in Seven Brides "one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen."
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for four additional awards, including Best Picture of the Year (where it lost the award to Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront). In 2006, American Film Institute named Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as one of the best American musical films ever made.
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