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After "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954, Stanley Donen), this movie made fall in love even harder for musicals. I recommend the trilogy but really the first one is my favorite.

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Have a Wonderful, Wonderful Day, Milly!

One of my favorite characters ever, played by the marvelous Jane Powell who was born on an April 1st. A truly empowering woman amongst seven scroungy backwoodsmen :) Her portrayal really influenced me for I adore the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

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Happy Birthday to Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds!

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Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1940).

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A group photograph of MGM’s stars and starlets under contract, taken for the studio’s 20th anniversary in 1943.

James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr, Katharine Hepburn, Harry James, Brian Donlevy, Red Skelton, Mickey Rooney, William Powell, Wallace Beery, Tommy Dorsey, George Murphy, Jean Rogers, James Craig, Donna Reed, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Keenan Wynn, Diana Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Esther Williams, Blanche Ring, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Bert Lahr, Frances Gifford, Ben Blue, Chill Wills, Keye Luke, Barry Nelson, Desi Arnaz; Louis B Mayer, Greer Garson, Irene Dunne, Susan Peters, Ginny Simms, Lionel Barrymore, Spencer Tracy, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor, Pierre Aumont, Lewis Stone, Gene Kelly, Jackie Jenkins, Van Johnson, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Robert Benchley, Ann Richards, Marta Linden, Lee Bowman, Richard Carlson, Mary Astor, June Allyson, Richard Whorf, Frances Rafferty, Spring Byington, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper, Henry O’Neill, Bob Crosby, Rags Ragland.

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No wonder MGM claimed that they had “more stars than there are in heaven”!

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