SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS H Keel & J Powell Signed 8×10 Promo Photo withCOA
Autographed 8×10 publicity photo of. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Actor Howard Keel and Actress. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Is a 1954 American musical film, photographed in Ansco Color in the CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story “The Sobbin’ Women”, by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the Ancient Roman legend of The Rape of the Sabine Women. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , which is set in Oregon in 1850, is particularly known for Kidd’s unusual choreography, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and raising a barn. Film critic Stephanie Zacharek has called the barn-raising sequence in Seven Brides one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen. Won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for four additional awards, including Best Picture (where it lost the award to Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront). In 2006, American Film Institute named Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as one of the best American musical films ever made. In 2004, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was selected for preservation in the U. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. (April 13, 1919 November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel , was an American actor and singer with a rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 19811991. (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce ; April 1, 1929) is an American singer, dancer and actress who rose to fame in the mid-1940s with roles in various Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Powell’s vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead and supporting roles in musicals such as A Date with Judy (1948, with friend Elizabeth Taylor), Royal Wedding (1951, with Fred Astaire), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954, with Howard Keel) and Hit the Deck (1955). By the late 1950s, her film career slowed, leading her to transition to theatre with performances in various touring shows as well as two Broadway productions. In 1985, Powell relocated with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie Moore (who died in 2015), to New York City and Wilton, Connecticut, where she is occasionally active in local theatre. The item “SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS H Keel & J Powell Signed 8×10 Promo Photo withCOA” is in sale since Friday, January 3, 2020. This item is in the category “Entertainment Memorabilia\Autographs-Original\Movies\Photographs”. The seller is “amaharr61″ and is located in Batesburg, South Carolina. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: 8×10
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Movie: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Signed by: Howard Keel and Jane Powell
- Object Type: Photograph
- Autograph Authentication: Pieces of Time
- Industry: Movies