Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Photo 16

Actors and characters

Release date

1954-07-22

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Western

Budget

$0

Revenue

$5 000 000

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Director

Stanley Donen

Actors

Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee, Matt Mattox, Nancy Kilgas, Virginia Gibson
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Jack Cummings

Operator

George J. Folsey

Composer

Gene de Paul

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ralph E. Winters
All team (38)

• Filming took only 48 days.
• Director Stanley Donen desperately wanted to shoot the entire film on location to showcase the changing seasons on screen, but the studio cut the project's budget, forcing him to abandon those plans. For a long time afterward, Donen couldn't watch "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" because of the sets that were used.
• The scene of chopping wood, performed to the tune of “Lonesome Polecat”, was filmed in one take.
• The studio considered "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" a "B" movie, placing greater hopes on the musical film "Brigadoon" (Vincent Minnelli, 1954), which is why they cut Stanley Donen's film's budget.