Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

It has a great cast, too!

Howard Keel; Jane Powell; Russ Tamblyn

with Nancy Kilgas, Jeff Richards, Matt Mattox, Ruta Lee, Marc Platt, Norma Doggett, Jacques d'Amboise, Virginia Gibson, Tommy Rall, Betty Carr as the brothers and sisters,

and, of course, DL Fav Julie Newmar

Julie Newmar was not only a model, but a classically trained pianist. Attached is a video of her playing Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu

quote]and, of course, DL Fav Julie Newmeyer

Fixed it for you, r1.

[quote]and, of course, DL Fav Julie Newmeyer

Fixed it for me

I always thought this was a porn

One of the most beautiful women to ever live

Too gay even for me.

Seven Hags for Seven Fags

I’d star in 7 brothers the porn

R7 How?

You aren't going to find a musical with more masculine dancers or choreography.

Big fan. I always squealed with delight as a little boy when Jane Powell would substitute for Eileen Fulton on “As the World Turns”.

No mention of Oklahoma?!? OP is a commie bastard!

OP is right, it is a terrific movie musical. It was a great shock to MGM that this Jack Cummings musical (Cummings had nothing like the prestige of Arthur Freed or even Joe Pasternak) was not only one of the biggest box office successes of the year, but was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Something that Freed’s expensive prestige musical “Brigadoon,” starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Van Johnson was not.

Of course you can see why it was popular with the public and Hollywood — it managed to be a randy, sexy (actively advocating healthy sexual appetites for young women and men) while always staying in the bounds of the censorship rules of the time.

Of course in the post #metoo era, a lot of aspects of the film, starting with abduction and flirting with rape (though if course this never happens) Makes it extremely problematic with youngters today.

The dance numbers are fun

It was the rare film title that was actually mentioned in the dialogue of I Love Lucy. And not even in one of the episodes set in Hollywood.

Horrible costumes on the women. I don't know what they were thinking. I guess Irene Sharaff, the other Irene and Helen Rose all thought it was beneath them.

"Seven Brides" is one of the great musicals of the 1950's and 1960's, competing alongside Singin' in the Rain, The King and I, South Pacific, High Society, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and many more."

Okay. Can you name one song from it? I can't. And I've seen it a few times.

Every song in it is precious though. The film has terrific energy and the Michael Kidd choreography is out of this world.

The Barn Raising Dance

[quote]Can you name one song from it?

I can, r18, but I had the soundtrack. My favorite...

TCM shows it regularly. It’s also on Tubi.

No standards came from it but the score is very tuneful. One of the best original scores of the decade, and it was a fact that the Great American Songbook writers were increasingly moving to Broadway where they had more control over the material they wrote.

The lack of great original scores was one of the things that killed off the Hollywood musical.

It's Spring, Spring, Spring! is also a fun song.