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Seven Sweethearts ()

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Henry falls in love with Billie, one of seven daughters of an eccentric hotel owner. Billie loves him back but refuses marriage because family tradition demands that the eldest daughter must marry first.
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Billie Van Maaster
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Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster
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Victor Van Maaster
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Albert 'Al' Van Maaster
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Peter Van Maaster
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George Van Maaster
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Cornelius Van Maaster
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Henry Taggart
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Carl Randall
Michael Butler ...
Bernard Groton - Peter's Beau
Cliff Danielson ...
Martin Leyden - Victor's Beau
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Anthony Vreeland - Cornelius' Beau
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Theodore Vaney - Albert's Beau
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Paul Brandt - George's Beau
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Mr. Van Maaster - the Father
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Mrs. Nugent - a Newlywed
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Mr. Nugent - a Newlywed
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Miss Abagail Robbins
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Rev. Howgan - the Minister
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Petunia - the Maid
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Newspaper Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Specialty Bit in "Little Tingle Tangle Toes" Number (uncredited)
Russell Custer ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Terry Koechig ...
Specialty Bit in "Little Tingle Tangle Toes" Number (uncredited)
Faith Kruger ...
Specialty Bit in "Little Tingle Tangle Toes" Number (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Caren Marsh ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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City Editor (uncredited)
Cecil Stewart ...
Organist (uncredited)
Eleanor Taylor ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Frank Borzage

Written by

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Walter Reisch ... (original screenplay) and
Leo Townsend ... (original screenplay)
 
Ferenc Herczeg ... (play) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Frank Borzage ... producer
Joe Pasternak ... producer (as Joseph Pasternak)

Music by

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Franz Waxman

Cinematography by

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George J. Folsey ... director of photography (as George Folsey)
Leonard Smith ... (uncredited)

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Blanche Sewell

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Cedric Gibbons

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Edwin B. Willis

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Howard Shoup ... (gowns) (as Shoup)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup designer
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lew Borzage ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Paul Groesse ... assistant art director
Jack D. Moore ... associate set decorator (as Jack Moore)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Earl K. Brent ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Wally Heglin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Ernst Matray ... dance director
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Plot Summary

Covering the tulip festival in Little Delft, Michigan, reporter Henry Taggart takes a room at an inn ran by an eccentric old Dutchman, Mr. Van Maaster and his seven daughters. The eldest, Regina, is spoiled and stage-struck while Billie, Victor, Albert, Cornelius, Peter and George work there as boys. Henry, momentarily attracted to Regina, realizes he is in love with Billie when he hears her sing. Billie, resists his attentions, believing him the property of Regina since it is a Van Maaster family tradition that no girls in the family can marry until the eldest has. Billie admits her love for Henry but Regina will not relent. The old man trails Regina to New York where she says she has eloped, and asks that Billie marry Henry. Six couples in wedding clothes stand at the altar in the Little Delft church; Billie and Henry and the five other sisters with their intendeds. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines Seven Beauties in Search of a Man! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Seven Sisters (United States)
  • Seven Tulips (United States)
  • The House of Seven Tulips (United States)
  • Tulip Time (United States)
  • Sept amoureuses (France)
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  • 98 min
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Budget $752,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Although the onscreen credits say "original screenplay," a $200,000 lawsuit was filed against the screenwriters, MGM and producer Joe Pasternak by playwright Ferenc Herczeg in 1949, claiming they took the idea from his 1903 play Seven Sweethearts. Herczeg was in a Nazi concentration camp in 1942 when the film was released, and didn't hear about it until 1948. The case was settled out of court for a substantial amount. See more »
Goofs When Billie is singing to Henry, two white doves land on the windowsill. When they fly away, a string can be seen pulling on the leg of the dove on the left. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Personalities (1942). See more »
Soundtracks Tulip Time See more »
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