Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
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Critic Consensus: Buoyed by crowd-pleasing tunes and charming performances, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers makes a successful transition from Broadway to screen that's sure to please the whole family.
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Cast
as Adam
as Milly
as Gideon
as Dorcas
as Ephraim
as Frank
as Ruth
as Caleb
as Liza
as Sarah
as Pete Perkins
as Rev. Elcott
as Alice
as Martha
as Harry
as Matt
as Carl
as Ruth's Uncle
as Dorcas' Father
as Mrs. Bixby
as Mr. Bixby
as Mrs. Elcott
as Drunk
as Prospector
as Girl
as Swain
as Swain
as Swain
as Lem
as Lem's Girl Friend
as Dorcas' Sister
as Father
as Father
Critic Reviews for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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A profoundly sexist and eminently hummable 1954 CinemaScope musical with some terrific athletic Michael Kidd choreography and some better-than-average direction by Stanley Donen.
This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show.
This rather archly symmetrical movie musical is best seen as a dance-fest, with Michael Kidd's acrobatic, pas d'action choreography well complemented by ex-choreographer Donen's camera.
Although the powers at M-G-M are deviating from the normal song-and-dance extravaganza in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, it is a gamble that is paying rich rewards.
The songs are not classic and the cast is exuberant rather than charismatic, but Kidd's energetic choreography triumphs.
Thrillingly energetic dances on film.
Audience Reviews for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
It's great to watch this after so many years, this film is a remindeer to me that my obsession for films started very young and I would watch the same three scenes in this film every day as a kid. A musical with a love theme, yet perhaps not in it's traditional sense. The film does look dated now but still highly successful as a stage show. Some great songs (and a few less enjoyable ones too), along with some fun rivalry. An early performance from Russ Tamblin, but most noteable performances for this film of course, were Howard Keel and Jane Powell
Super Reviewer
People often think of the 1950s as just a repressed and conservative time in America, overlooking the fact that people were also quite odd and strange back then (watch a few episodes of the old Superman television series if you want further proof). Film-wise, the fifties were the heyday of both the western and the musical, so it's no surpise when someone decided to combine the two. Okay, so Seven Brides for Seven Brothers isn't your typical western, but even though there's no gunfighting in the streets, it embodies the western spirit of the old west pioneers. The fun and frolic begins when a bunch of farmer brothers decides to take themselves some wife-womenfolk type thinga-mabobs. With the help of eldest brother Adam's good young wife, the other brothers learn a little about manners and how to woo the ladies without offering them chaws of tobaccey. The music may not be all that memorable, but the great performances make up for that. It's alot of corny fun from the oddball fifties.
Super Reviewer
It's certainly not the best musical around, but it does have some charm.
Super Reviewer
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