Афина

Афина (1954)

Athena

«The M-G-M Musical with young ideas!»

Афина Малвейн вместе с шестью сёстрами живёт под опекой бабушки и дедушки, пропагандирующих здоровый образ жизни. Малвейны так же являются поклонниками нумерологии и астрологии. Однажды Афина знакомится с начинающим политиком Адамом Шоу. Знакомство быстро перерастает в роман. Когда речь заходит о свадьбе, перед молодыми возникает проблема в лице консервативного общества, в котором вращается Адам. Примет ли это общество Афину?

Дата выхода
1954-11-04
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (8)
Длительность
1 ч 36 мин
Жанры
мелодрама, комедия
Режиссёр
Richard Thorpe

В ролях

Интересные факты

Athena is a 1954 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves, and Evelyn Varden. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production

The film was an original story. It was originally meant to star Elizabeth Taylor rather than Jane Powell. Esther Williams then became attached. In 1953 Williams left for maternity leave. Before her departure, she had assumed she would appear in Athena when she returned, as she claimed that she had helped create the premise with writers Leo Pogostin and Charles Walters.

MGM initially announced that Williams' appearance in Athena would be postponed to enable her to make another musical Bermuda for Joe Pasternak. However, the studio decided to cast Williams in Jupiter's Darling and replaced her with Jane Powell, who was taken off Love Me or Leave Me. They changed the main character from a swimmer to a singer, to accommodate Powell. Janet Leigh and Vera-Ellen were also cast in the film, but dropped out.

The male lead was given to Edmund Purdom who had become a leading man in The Student Prince (1954). MGM head of production Dore Schary was keen to build up Purdom as a star. Filming was pushed back so Purdom could replace Marlon Brando in The Egyptian.

Chiquita and Johnson from the Moulin Rouge were meant to appear in the film.

Director Dick Thorpe was less than enthusiastic about the picture. After a scene was finished, he would toss the pages of the script over his shoulder and walk away. In her autobiography, Jane Powell said that it really discouraged the cast. Powell also said that the film would have been better received had it been made twenty years later.

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