Barn Raising Dance (7 Brides for 7 Brothers) – MGM Studio Orchestra (HD)

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The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story “The Sobbin’ Women”, by Stephen Vincent Benét,.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which is based in Oregon in 1850, is particularly known for the unusual choreography by Michael Kidd, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and raising a barn

To perform the electrifying dance numbers and grueling action sequences, choreographer Michael Kidd wanted dancers to portray all six of Adam Pontipee’s rough and tumble brothers. MGM Studios, however, wanted actors already under contract to MGM — Jeff Richards (a former baseball player), and Russ Tamblyn (a gymnast) — to be cast as two of the brothers. The other four brothers were portrayed by professional dancers — Matt Mattox, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, and Jacques d’Amboise. All four balanced on a beam together during their famous barn-raising dance.

The movie was listed as number 464 in Empire magazine’s list of the 500 greatest films of all time.

Oscar nominee for Best Picture in 1954, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers won NBR Award Top Ten Films (1954), Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and WGA Award for Best Written American Musical among others.

45 Comments
  1. Noemí Meroño Prats says

    I love this film. 😍😍😍

  2. jacqui neal says

    JUS BRILLANT …

  3. Pete Moss says

    When I first saw this movie as a kid, I was appalled at Adam's proposal to Millie, and further shocked when she accepted his lame, but straightforward offer.

  4. Susan Sloate says

    Best dance sequence EVER. Period.

  5. suzycreamcheesez says

    The leader of the Jets

  6. Steve Brezzo says

    Had dinner with Jacques D'Amboise a few months ago and discussed this sequence throughout the evening. Much to tell but one of the challenges was dealing with the edits and pauses that required the cameras to be reset and then the dancers going back into the dynamic rythm and pacing they had just left. Russ was discovered in a bit role in a teen drama and kept the crew entertained with his gymnastics. Each of the dancers was ballet experienced and the set was cardboard and lumber… note the dirt that was spread to kick up when then slid beneath the sawhorse. Also notice how flexible the dance floor was. It was set like a trampoline and sent the leaps and jumps sky high. Few of the stunts had to be reshot many times. The issue was never falling… it was balance and breaking character to stay on the rolling or balancing "beams'. Hitting their marks was the big challenge… sliding, leaping, spinning … all together left some short or others way off their mark. And one false move and collisions spread like wildfire. More later….

  7. Painter's brush 16 says

    Tommy Rall was amazing!

  8. Pedro Veríssimo says

    Beautiful dancers and wonderful music

  9. Vicente Perez Cebrian says

    K película bonita en su tiempo

  10. AMANDA JAYNE Howe says

    a film about kidnapping rape and stockholm syndrome put to music

  11. Karen Wesley says

    Loved this film and Howard Keel.

  12. Suely Barbosa says

    Bom demais. 👏👏👏👏

  13. Shannon Geier says

    Best dancing and worst fake mountains and trees in cinema history!

  14. leocadia cancho garcia says

    AMOR MIO TU ME PONES FELIZ

  15. Alexlol 95 says

    Yo vi la película en Galapagar con mi padre y esta supee chula. Mi parte favorita es cuando los hermanos conoz3n al nuevo beb3👶👍.

  16. Doug F says

    My parents never let me forget that, as a six year old i couldn't sit through the entire movie and we had to leave the theater before the end. Now I have a strong desire to find it somewhere!

  17. Felicia Palumbo says

    You do an eclectic celebration of the dance! You do Fosse, Fosse, Fosse! You do Martha Graham, Martha Graham, Martha Graham! Or Twyla, Twyla, Twyla! Or Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd! Or Madonna, Madonna, Madonna!… but you keep it all inside….

  18. Maisa valim says

    Eu amo esse filme

  19. Fey -Za says

    What was that?! OMG. That was amazing .Perfection. Wow.
    Now im sad:/ i want to be this talented too, also living in the 50‘s would be great without all this toxic internet and technology things.

  20. Corina Todor says

    The best dance musical !

  21. Katia Cilene says

    Adorooooo esse filme. 👏👏

  22. AMG Moraes says

    Que show !👏👏👏👏👏

  23. Virgil Lowers says

    This is the greatest choreographed dance scene of all time.

  24. Regina Santos says

    Muito bomm de ver essa parte do filme pois a coreografia é ótima eles dançam numa sincronia perfeita 🎥👍💛💚

  25. Bingo123 says

    This is 7 brides for 7 brothers = brides are decency, civility, compassion, inclusivity, diversity, appreciation, and kindness (especially kindness).

  26. Sebastian Brinkmann says

    It must' ve been a lot of work to paint all of that landscape in the background. Amazing craftsmanship.

  27. James Dimasi says

    One never gets tired of watching this sequence. The brilliant Tommy Rall (red shirt) was considered a better dancer than Astaire or Kelly by no less a luminary than Donald O'Connor.

  28. Vicente Perez Cebrian says

    Lo k me gusto la película

  29. Cindy Rodriguez says

    Such phenomenal dancing! You had to have talent in those days.

  30. Meire Oliveira says

    7 noivas para 7 irmãos, adoravel😍😍😍😍😍😍

  31. Geo says

    "Thanks folks."

  32. Classical says

    Great movie!

  33. Londa1027 says

    Why won’t they color coordinate?!!! It’s triggering my “OCD” or something 😂😂 #match

  34. anne nielsen says

    Great movie

  35. felipe carballo says

    Beautiful dance…. thank you for share.!

  36. John Stone says

    The orange shirt guy was the only brother who was not a professional dancer, that is why he stays in the background in this scene while the others do the more physically demanding and technical dance sequences.

  37. Janoue Martin says

    stamina

  38. JoannaRoadie28 -_- says

    Frankincense is too cool

  39. Linda Smith says

    Always loved this movie, especially this part! 🙂

  40. A B says

    2:042:17

  41. Hannah Sunday says

    Classic

  42. Elisa Sanguinetti says

    This film is the greatest musical ever for me, and this is my favourite scene

  43. FUZE says

    This took 3 weeks to get right.

  44. Con razón desde lo mínimo los estadounidenses generan envidia a nivel mundial son únicos en todo y lo
    Demuestran en el arte los amo;gente exclusiva todo el mundo los quiere imitar

  45. Mateo Feo says

    Athletic dancing is very popular lately. One of these years a movie will bring this type of talent to mainstream again.

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