Athena (1954)
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Health faddist Mulvain (Louis Calhern) and his astrology-minded wife Salome (Norma Varden) hold court over their seven musical-prodigy daughters. Each girl is named after a mythical Greek: Athena (Jane Powell), Minerva (Debbie Reynolds), Niobe (Virginia Gibson), Aphrodite (Nancy Kligas), Medea (Jane Fischer), Calliope (Dolores Starr) and Ceres (Cecile Rogers). They also run around dressed in skimpy miniskirts, for those of you not interested in mythology. Athena falls in love with lawyer Adam Shaw (Edmund Purdom) and Minerva is ga-ga over crooner Johnny Nyle (Vic Damone), neither of whom come up to Mulvain's notions of mental and physical perfection. A lesser product from the Joe Pasternak musical mill, Athena is unremarkable save for an early appearance by future Hercules star Steve Reeves and a nicely bitchy performance by the usually resistable Linda Christian. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jane Powell - Athena Mulvain
- Virginia Gibson - Niobe Mulvain
- Dolores Starr - Calliope Mulvain
- Cecile Rogers - Ceres Mulvain
- Vic Damone - Johnny Nyle
- Evelyn Varden - Grandma Salome Mulvain
- Ray Collins - Mr. Tremaine
- Howard Wendell - Mr. Grenville
- Steve Reeves - Ed Perkins
- Debbie Reynolds - Minerva Mulvain
- Nancy Kilgas - Aphrodite Mulvain
- Jane Fischer - Medea Mulvain
- Edmund Purdom - Adam Calhorn Shaw
- Louis Calhern - Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
- Linda Christian - Beth Hallson
- Carl Benton Reid - Mr. Griswalde
- Henry Nakamura - Roy
- Kathleen Freeman - Miss Seely
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
- Writer(s):
- William Ludwig, Leonard Spigelgass
- Producer(s):
- Joe Pasternak
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