Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical film released in 1954. It was directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The script (by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley) is based on the short story The Sobbin' Women, by Stephen Vincent Benet.

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Musical film - 1954 - Stanley Donen - Saul Chaplin - Gene de Paul - Johnny Mercer - Albert Hackett - Frances Goodrich - Dorothy Kingsley - Stephen Vincent Benet

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The film is particularly known for the unusual choreography by Michael Kidd, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and (most famously) raising a barn. Four of the actors who played the younger brothers were dancers, while another of the younger brothers was played by a champion gymnast and the remaining younger brother was played by a former professional baseball player.

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Michael Kidd - Frontier - Raising a barn - Dancers - Gymnast - Baseball

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Howard Keel appeared as "Adam", Jeff Richards as "Benjamin", Matt Mattox as "Caleb", Marc Platt as "Daniel", Jacques d'Amboise as "Ephraim", Tommy Rall as "Frank", and Russ Tamblyn as "Gideon". (Morton Downey Jr. almost had Russ Tamblyn's part as "Gideon" in this musical.)

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Howard Keel - Jeff Richards - Matt Mattox - Marc Platt - Jacques d'Amboise - Tommy Rall - Russ Tamblyn - Morton Downey Jr.

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All of the brides were played by dancers. Jane Powell appeared as "Milly", and Julie Newmar (of Batman and Rhoda the Robot) as "Dorcas", Ruta Lee as "Ruth", Norma Doggett as "Martha", Virginia Gibson as "Liza", Betty Carr as "Sarah", and Nancy Kilgas as "Alice".

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Jane Powell - Julie Newmar - Batman - Rhoda the Robot - Ruta Lee - Norma Doggett - Virginia Gibson - Betty Carr - Nancy Kilgas

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During 1979, Jane Powell and Howard Keel reprised their roles of "Milly" and "Adam" for an off-Broadway stage production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The first Broadway stage production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was in 1982.

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Stage - Broadway

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A television series, which was based very loosely on the film, was made in 1982. The TV series starred Richard Dean Anderson as "Adam", and River Phoenix as one of the younger brothers.

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Television - Richard Dean Anderson - River Phoenix

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