Seven Brides For Seven Brothers [DVD] [1954]

Good value for money and very good film

I remember this film from when I was young. It was something I found in my Nan's video collection among others like Calamity Jane and The King and I. Although I was told I watched the other two many times, I find that I can recall Seven Brides for Seven Brothers more vividly than anything else. Over the Christmas holidays my mother and I managed to catch this on Channel Five. We tuned in as Milly met the seven Pontipee brothers, and although we were disappointed in missing the beginning we still enjoyed the rest of the film, the barn raising and the kidnapping scenes in particular. We laughed so much during those that we disturbed my dad who had his headphones on. As soon as I got back to Uni I ordered the DVD off Amazon. It took three weeks to come from where I ordered it, and despite only having just seen it I was still impatient. With good reason, the film is simply amazing. I don't know how many other younger people watch films like this, but they should. They are much better than what's out now. In my opinion anyway. I don't know how many people will agree with me on that one. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is funny, has amazing songs and choreographed dances. But what I found surprising in a film from the 1950s was the strong female lead. Milly (played by the talented Jane Powell) is the new wife of the eldest Pontipee brother, Adam. Despite having agreed to marry after only just meeting him, she soon shows she's no push over when she tips the dinner table over when the brothers act like animals over dinner. She even goes as far to make Adam and his brothers sleep in the barn when they really irritate her. The best thing about this film is the fact that the men think that they are in control when it is clear that the women are the ones in the driving seat. It is 100% a film that people need to watch, anyone of any age will love it.

Good film

This adorable film is now 60 years old and still it didn't age one little bit. I always liked it a lot and could confirm recently that the old magic still works. Below, more of my impressions, with some limited SPOILERS. In the beginning was a short story, "The sobbin women" (a great read by the way!), written in 1926 by Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943), the man who also gave us the immortal classic "The devil and Daniel Webster". The story was immediately spotted as good film material, but for various reasons it took almost 20 years to make a movie from it. As in the meantime films gained the speech and color, this long wait was finally a good thing, as was the idea to change the initial story into a highly humorous musical. Oregon Territory 1850. Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel), a farmer living in an isolated valley in the mountains, comes to town to trade - and, as in many earlier occasions, also look for a wife... This is a daunting task, because not only single young women are very few and almost all are already spoken for, but he also never can stay longer in town than one day at a time... But incredibly, this time he will get impossibly lucky - to the greatest annoyance of many a male in the town...))) His brand new wife Milly (Jane Powell), met, courted, won over and married in just one day, will go live with him in the mountains - where she will discover a big bad surprise... in fact, six of them...))) And then the film REALLY begins. There are many treasures in this film: - gentle, clever humour. TONS of it! - great songs. TONS of them! - one absolutely incredible dance ("The Barn Building Dance"), in which twelve handsome young men and six adorable young ladies play a complicated and merciless courting/mating/fighting ritual, without ever losing their smiles or missing one step (and that even if at one moment a huge axe gets involved) ...))) - a wonderful lesson in marital logistics, tactics and strategy - a great lesson about women DECISIVE influence in progress of civilization and culture...))) - an absolutely unique lecture about early Roman history (with music!)...))) - one of the most glorious marriage scenes EVER! Other important reason to LOVE this film is that any feminist exposed to it will instantly screech in pain, then die and desintegrate into dust, as a vampire in full sunlight...))) Bottom line, this film is an absolute TREASURE, to buy, watch and keep for ever. Enjoy!

Good film

I would definitely recommend this item it is a good old classic film to watch.

Lovely film one if my favourites! Has got those Lovely songs and amazing dancing!

A film that all must see at least once. It arrived in perfect condition and enraptured me which caused me to cascade backwards to a simpler time in life. A beautiful motion picture.

Efficient fast & great customer service assistance

I had never seen this but my wife talked about watching it all the time as a kid and never being able to find it, It made a great gift!!! thank you for the great buy i didnt need to go to walmart and be around a bunch of people getting in my way :) nothin like haveing it shipped right to ur door for half the price of going to the store

He comprado ésta pelicula para mi mujer y está encantada. Si bien la imagen y el sonido no se pueden comparar con otras películas de la época que ya han sido restauradas, por su precio es altamente recomendable!

This video is fun for the whole family.

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