ATHENA - BLU-1954-JANE POWELL-WARNER ARCHIVE COLL

Details

• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
• Plot: If a suitor wants to win the heart of one of the seven Mulvain sisters, he’d better be ready to deadlift 300 lbs. and dine on shredded-parsnip soufflé. Combining the then-novel topic of physical fitness with Hollywood song and dance, Athena is an eat-your-veggies romantic romp highlighted by catchy Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane tunes and socko color cinematography. Jane Powell (fresh off her triumph in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) and Debbie Reynolds play two of the sisters, and Edmund Purdom and Vic Damone play their smoking, boozing, non-vegetarian beaux. Former Mr. Universe Steve Reeves flexes his pecs in a supporting role, displaying a physique so phenomenal it soon vaulted him to screen stardom as the mighty Hercules.
• Cast: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas, Dolores Starr, Jane Fischer, Cecile Rogers, Edmund Purdom, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Evelyn Varden, Linda Christian, Ray Collins, Carl Benton Reid, Howard Wendell, Henry Nakamura, Steve Reeves, Kathleen Freeman, Richard Sabre, Marjorie Bennett, Nicky Blair, Madge Blake, Harry Cody, Lillian Culver, Robert Dix, Fred Essler, Pat Flaherty, Bess Flowers, Ed Fury, Joe Gold, Bert Goodrich, Dorothy Hack, Grace Hayle, James Hyland, Donald Kerr, Lucy Knoch, Michael Kostrick, Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski, Peter Leeds, William Lewin, Harry Mackin, Maurice Marsac, Paul Power, Guy Prescott, Allen Ray, Perry Sheehan, Harlan Warde, Wilson Wood, Richard Thorpe, William Ludwig, Leonard Spigelgass
• Director: Richard Thorpe
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie