Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Times

Sun Jul 19 at 7:00 PM

Cost

General $9; Student/Senior/Cineclub/UCLA Alum Assoc $8; Student & Senior Cineclub $7

Venue

The Billy Wilder Theater (10899 Wilshire Boulevard (intersection of Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards) Los Angeles, CA 90024 310.206.8013 )

Sunday July 19 2009, 7:00PM*

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
(1954) Directed by Stanley Donen
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers mixes the dynamism of the musical with the frontier setting and folksy optimism of the western. Jane Powell plays the feisty new wife to Howard Keel’s gruff yet disarming mountain man, whose remote homestead is shared by his six rowdy brothers. Powell sets to work domesticating this wild bunch, and soon enough the boys are all hankering after a wife of their own. The large ensemble cast shines, especially in the elaborate set pieces choreographed by Michael Kidd, while Donen’s fluid and precise staging makes excellent use of the wide Cinemascope frame.

MGM. Based on a story by Stephen Vincent Benet. Producer: Jack Cummings. Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Dorothy Kingsley. Cinematographer: George Folsey. Editor: Ralph E. Winters. Cast: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Tommy Rall. 35mm, 102 min.

• Please note the early start time.

Published

Wed Jun 24, 2009 in Screening

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