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Athena ()

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The story about two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés.
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The Sisters: Athena
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The Sisters: Minerva
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The Sisters: Niobe
Nancy Kilgas ...
The Sisters: Aphrodite
Dolores Starr ...
The Sisters: Calliope
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The Sisters: Medea
Cecile Rogers ...
The Sisters: Ceres
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Adam Calhorn Shaw
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Johnny Nyle
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Grandpa Ulysses
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Grandma Salome Mulvain
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Beth Hallson
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Mr. Tremaine
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Mr. Griswalde
Howard Wendell ...
Mr. Grenville
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Roy
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Ed Perkins (as Steve Reeves "Mr. Universe" of 1950)
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Miss Seely
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Bill Nichols (as Richard Sabre)
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Mary Bayless ...
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Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman ...
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Beulah Christian ...
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Harry Cody ...
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James Conaty ...
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Oliver Cross ...
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Jack Deery ...
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Dan Dowling ...
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Harry Evans ...
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Ernie Flatt ...
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Raoul Freeman ...
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Kay Garrett ...
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Joe Gilbert ...
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Bert Goodrich ...
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Dorothy Hack ...
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Donald Kerr ...
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Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski ...
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Perk Lazelle ...
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Robert Locke Lorraine ...
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Harry Mackin ...
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John Marlin ...
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Russell Meeker ...
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Murray Pollack ...
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Guy Prescott ...
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Allen Ray ...
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Marc Wilder ...
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Wilson Wood ...
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Directed by

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Richard Thorpe

Written by

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William Ludwig ... (written by) and
Leonard Spigelgass ... (written by)
 
Charles Walters ... () (uncredited)
 
Esther Williams ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Joe Pasternak ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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George Stoll
Albert Sendrey ... (uncredited)
Robert Van Eps ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Robert H. Planck ... director of photography (as Robert Planck)

Editing by

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Gene Ruggiero

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Alvord Eiseman ... color consultant

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Cedric Gibbons
Paul Groesse

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Henry Grace
Edwin B. Willis

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Walter Plunkett
Helen Rose

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
William Tuttle ... makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arvid Griffen ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Wesley C. Miller ... recording supervisor
Van Allen James ... sound editor (uncredited)
Milo B. Lory ... sound editor (uncredited)
Walter March ... sound editor (uncredited)
Charles E. Wallace ... sound (uncredited)

Music Department

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Jeff Alexander ... vocal supervisor
Ralph Blane ... songs by
Hugh Martin ... songs by
George Stoll ... conductor
Robert Van Eps ... orchestrator
Albert Sendrey ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Valerie Bettis ... choreographer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents. Written by Anonymous

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Taglines The M-G-M Musical with young ideas! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Adam and Athena (Canada, English title)
  • Tentações de Adão (Brazil)
  • As Tentações de Adão (Brazil)
  • Fröken Annorlunda (Sweden)
  • Афина (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia When the daughter of Italian director Pietro Francisci saw this film, she suggested bodybuilder-turned-actor 'Steve Reeves' for the title role in her father's upcoming production Hercules (1958) (US title: "Hercules"). See more »
Goofs Right before Debbie Reynolds and Vic Damone go into the musical number in the health store, the microphone shadow passes over the cardboard cutout of the counter top muscle man advertising Viatalo. See more »
Soundtracks Athena See more »
Quotes Adam Calhorn Shaw: You earned $300,000? Now, let's start from the beginning, just what did you do to earn all this money?
Johnny Nyle: I sing in television, radio, records, night clubs.
Adam Calhorn Shaw: You get all that money singing?
Johnny Nyle: I guess you wouldn't call it singing. I'm a - a crooner.
Adam Calhorn Shaw: There ought to be a law against that.
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