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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Thorpe
- Written By
- William Ludwig, Leonard Spigelgass
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 4, 1954 Limited
- Studio
- MGM
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Cast
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Jane Powell
as Athena Mulvain
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Debbie Reynolds
as Minerva Mulvain
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Virginia Gibson
as Niobe Mulvain
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Nancy Kilgas
as Aphrodite Mulvain
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Dolores Starr
as Calliope Mulvain
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Jane Fischer
as Medea Mulvain
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Cecile Rogers
as Ceres Mulvain
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Edmund Purdom
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
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Vic Damone
as Johnny Nyle
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Louis Calhern
as Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
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Evelyn Varden
as Grandma Salome Mulvain
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Linda Christian
as Beth Hallson
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Ray Collins
as Mr. Tremaine
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Carl Benton Reid
as Mr. Griswalde
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Howard Wendell
as Mr. Grenville
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Henry Nakamura
as Roy
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Steve Reeves
as Ed Perkins
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Kathleen Freeman
as Miss Seely
