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 Posted:   Jan 4, 2010 - 3:37 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

This made me laugh...

from "Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and his Movies" by Stephen Silverman.

Producer Jack Cummings did not want Donen to hire dancers to play the brothers. Donen quotes him as saying "'They're not going to look like real backwoodsmen, and everybody will end up calling the picture Seven Brides for Seven Sissies.'"

 
 Posted:   Jan 4, 2010 - 3:42 PM   
 By:   Sigerson Holmes   (Member)

Tell me if I've got this wrong, but I believe a couple of the brothers WERE non-dancers, cast more for their appearance than their musical-comedy chops. In the big numbers they can be seen enthusiastically clapping along, while everyone else makes show-dancing appear to be an Olympic event.

(I think the making-of documentary on the DVD makes this clearer than my poor description of it.)

 
 Posted:   Jan 5, 2010 - 9:53 AM   
 By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member)

Tell me if I've got this wrong, but I believe a couple of the brothers WERE non-dancers, cast more for their appearance than their musical-comedy chops. In the big numbers they can be seen enthusiastically clapping along, while everyone else makes show-dancing appear to be an Olympic event.

(I think the making-of documentary on the DVD makes this clearer than my poor description of it.)


Julie Newmar was a dancer herself, but she was too tall for any of the male dancers so they had to stick her with one of the movement-challenged men.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 5, 2010 - 10:48 AM   
 By:   manderley   (Member)

A delightful movie!!!.....


Of the seven brothers.....

Matt Mattox, Jacques D'Amboise, Marc Platt, and Tommy Rall were all highly skilled dancers.

Jeff Richards was studio contract eye-candy.

Russ Tamblyn was noted for his tumbling and athletic abilities, but could, in a pinch, be studio- rehearsed to pull off fairly good impressions of being a dancer in his various musicals.

Howard Keel stolidly posed---and SANG, which is what most of the others couldn't do all that well.


(It was always surprising to me that MGM contract star, Bobby Van, wasn't one of the brothers. But, of course, then there'd be eight and we'd have to get another girl.....maybe Debbie! smile )

 
 Posted:   Jan 5, 2010 - 11:26 AM   
 By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member)

A delightful movie!!!.....


Of the seven brothers.....

Matt Mattox, Jacques D'Amboise, Marc Platt, and Tommy Rall were all highly skilled dancers.

Jeff Richards was studio contract eye-candy.

Russ Tamblyn was noted for his tumbling and athletic abilities, but could, in a pinch, be studio- rehearsed to pull off fairly good impressions of being a dancer in his various musicals.

Howard Keel stolidly posed---and SANG, which is what most of the others couldn't do all that well.


(It was always surprising to me that MGM contract star, Bobby Van, wasn't one of the brothers. But, of course, then there'd be eight and we'd have to get another girl.....maybe Debbie! smile )


I don't think Bobby Van would have been very convincing as a Pontipee...any moreso than would have been Mel Torme.

smile

Just callin' it as I sees it!

 
 Posted:   Jan 5, 2010 - 12:45 PM   
 By:   PhiladelphiaSon   (Member)

Just for the record, Tommy Rall was also an excellent singer. I had the pleasure of seeing him in the Broadway show, Milk and Honey and his voice was nothing short of phenomenal. And I have to agree that my dear friend, Bobby Van (with whom I toured in No No Nanette, and still miss to this day), would have been out of place in this film.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 5, 2010 - 12:50 PM   
 By:   manderley   (Member)

.....I don't think Bobby Van would have been very convincing as a Pontipee...any moreso than would have been Mel Torme.



Just callin' it as I sees it!.....



Perhaps, instead, for the sequel, "Seven Brides, Seven Brothers, and Seven Divorces".......

starring

Marge and Gower Champion

and the second-line contract players.....

Dean Jones
Robert Horton
Carleton Carpenter
Bobby Van
John Lupton
Richard Anderson

and

Marilyn Erskine
Jean Hagen
Paula Raymond
Monica Lewis
Sally Forrest
Nancy Davis

and special guest....
Denise Darcel
(as the dame who comes between them all....)

smile

 
 Posted:   Oct 12, 2024 - 5:10 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Tell me if I've got this wrong, but I believe a couple of the brothers WERE non-dancers, cast more for their appearance than their musical-comedy chops.

Jeff Richards must have beencast for his looks, because, while considerable, those looks, that's about all he added to the production.

 
 Posted:   Oct 12, 2024 - 5:11 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Found this cd for 50 cents. What does that say about cd's or musicals, or both?

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 13, 2024 - 6:26 PM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

When I was a kid I watched a little baseball film on TV called The Big Leaguer and Jeff Richards was the star. Did not know it then but he had played some pro ball as a minor leaguer. Saw this B movie within the past year and was impressed with the cast and solid baseball savoir faire.

 
 Posted:   Oct 14, 2024 - 6:02 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

I thought it was seven brides for seven dwarfs.

 
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