William Danforth Movies

The rollicking music of Gilbert and Sullivan is featured in this musical. It tells the story of a dance hall girl with a love of money. She will spend it every chance she gets as long as it is not hers. Trouble ensues when she sponges off a bookie during a date. To get revenge, he becomes her manager and forces her to join a Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. Any money she makes is to be his. Songs include: "The Mikado," "Patience," "Pirates of Penzance," and "Ruddigore." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The Seven Swans was one of several fairy-tale adaptations starring Marguerite Clark -- who, though way past thirty, still retained her fresh ingenue appeal. Clark is cast as a Princess whose seven handsome brothers run afoul of a wicked witch. The old harridan transforms the brothers into seven swans and exiles them to a dismal swamp. Desperately searching for her brothers, the little princess is aided and abetted by such supernatural entities as The Fairy of Good Deeds and the Sand Man. Finally she is told that her brothers will be returned to human form if she looks after them, day and night, for "a year and a day" -- a task which becomes difficult when she falls in love with the inevitable Prince Charming. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide