I mentioned "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" in the Taylor Hanson thread and got no response!

No response: Liars! Yer all lying.

That kind of film could NEVER be made today ! Can you imagine ? Unless it is a gay porn parody. So, OP, you have a point.

When they clean up, I liked the brother in the red shirt. Howard Keel had his charm and the little bro was cute in a twinky way.

Another Donen winner

Imagine all that stanky red crotch 🤢

Plot summary: A strange collection of hairy gay men in dirty long johns dance on tables to win the hearts of a bunch of unattractive women.

My straight, redneck, hunting-fishing construction working macho Dad fucking loves this movie. LOVES it. Idk why.

The rapiest mainstream movie ever.

I saw it in rerelease and was disappointed when all the “brothers” were white.

What some of you will turn down for the cost of a couple of gallons of water and bar of soap is astonishing to me.

R8 Spike's version will be hot, too. Maybe there can be two isolate cabins of brothers in the mountains and the brothers can meet?

R6, the message of the film is : A woman's place is to clean after her man and his 6 brothers he never mentionned would be in their love nest. If she is lied to, she should take it with a smile and shrug it off. Oh, and No means Maybe.Maybe means Yes. You can kidnap girls. They will get used to you and won't want to leave when help arrives months too late

No wonder, rednecks like it. It is a virile musical !

Cool dance choreography on the tables, though.

R11 This is how it divides DL. Half of DL thinks it's shocking and rapey, the other half would be camping out and waiting by the mountain pass every Autumn.

And there are those of us who appreciate BOTH viewpoints.

I'm R11. I always liked the film for the dances, songs and eye candy. It is very dated, but I never took it seriously. The girls don't get raped, they even are seperated from the boys to make sure no sex will take place. They still are kidnapped and fall in love with their kidnappers.

No way in hall this movie would get made today. And, yes, the elder's wife IS exploited. That was before feminism.

I take it for a product of its time.

It also teaches us that town folks are square and mountain men, more virile and cool.

Agree. There's so much really offensive stuff. It's a fairy tale, of its time, with some splendid dancing.

R14 But she ends up punishing him for his boorishness and being the voice of reason and refinement for the whole family. It's more realistic and satisfying for everyone. She chooses when to forgive him and then can move on to enjoy 1950's hardy, Howard Keel thigh work.

Everything is playful. No one is hurt or actually raped. It's a fun movie for honest people with a laid back sense of humor who like to watch musicals about the sexual frustration of isolated, virile men.

Them big, strong, red-headed men... they're fierce!

Unwashed gingers. Ick.

R18 see R9.

I'm a lonesome polecat.

R20 This explains the development of my inner world so well!

Other than hunky Howard Keel, who was MGM's big handsome baritone singing star, all of the other brothers were cast with the most athletic Broadway, ballet and film dancers of the day, except for Jeff Richards (in the red long johns in the center of OP's photo), cast only for his extreme hotness. Watch closely and you'll see how he sits out most of the dancing.

MGM then cast Jeff in their 1955 musical remake of The Women called The Opposite Sex in which he played irresistibly sexy singing cowboy (though he didn't actually sing) Buck Winston. The movie flopped badly and MGM lost faith in Jeff and let him out of his contract. He played minor roles in film and TV after that and died in 1989 at the age of 64.

And among the Brides are DL faves Julie Newmar and Ruta Lee and Jane Powell, one of a handful of major MGM stars still surviving today.....so what's not to like?

The fakey Technicolor red hair and beards, R22.

Anything with Tommy Rall in it is worth watching...

R21 how does that song reflect your development? The lyrics are by Johnny Mercer.

I have loved this movie for over forty years. When I was a boy I loved the Howard Keel look, and Jane Powell's perkiness didn't bother me. The songs are well done. "Goin" Courtin" is my favorite. But the Barn Dance is a masterpiece. There may be no other reason that this film is so well remembered. I also see the lush, bright Technicolor of it. But that has always promoted the idea that I am watching an exaggeration of an interpretation of facts- aka- a fairytale.

The barn dance is brilliant indeed.

I want those ginger bears in me, quite deeply.