The film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) is a comedic musical drama directed by the great Stanley Donen. This film is set in the late 1850’s era when the oldest of seven brothers decides he wants a wife. To which leads to him swooning a young woman who works at a local tavern in a small town in that same day. As Adam, the oldest brother, brings Milly, his new bride back to his backwoodsman farm to live with his six-other disheveled and rowdy brothers. This then causes Milly to attempt to educate and tame these wild brothers by teaching them the ways to court women and most of all act like civilized men. As an end result the six brothers then get the idea that they too would all like wives and end up kidnapping six local girls to be there brides. This film would not be as comedic or as quirky without its many ranges of characters starting with the…show more content… Starting with the brides and brothers, each bride and brother has an either brightly colored shirt or dress which stood out in all of the dance scenes enough that you could distinguish who was dancing. As opposed to the townsfolk which wore drab clothes and dark colors that went along with their personalities during the film. Another feature of this film is the comedy and drama that is incorporated in the dialogue in both script as well as in the songs that are sang by the cast. My personal favorite is the “going courtin’ scene”, which is Milly explaining how to talk to girls and then has the brothers showing how far away from society they really are. This is then followed by an amazing score which aids in putting a dramatic or comedic emphasis on the scenes as well as the script and musical
