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Athena

Year:
Duration:
95 min | USA:119 min (original release)
Genres:
Musical | Romance | Comedy | Drama
IMDB rate:
5.7
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1954-11-04
Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Jane Powell
Athena Mulvain
Debbie Reynolds
Minerva Mulvain
Virginia Gibson
Niobe Mulvain
Dolores Starr
Calliope Mulvain
Jane Fischer
Medea Mulvain
Cecile Rogers
Ceres Mulvain
Edmund Purdom
Adam Calhorn Shaw
Vic Damone
Johnny Nyle
Louis Calhern
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
Evelyn Varden
Grandma Salome Mulvain
Ray Collins
Mr. Tremaine
Carl Benton Reid
Mr. Griswalde
Howard Wendell
Mr. Grenville
Henry Nakamura
Roy (Adam's houseboy)
Steve Reeves
Ed Perkins (as Steve Reves 'Mr. Universe of 1950')
Kathleen Freeman
Miss Seely
Richard Sabre
Bill Nichols
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Nicky Blair
Reporter (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Mrs. Tremaine (uncredited)
Robert Dix
Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Essler
Mr. Benevuchi (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Contest Judge (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Mrs. Grenville (uncredited)
Ed Fury
Contestant (uncredited)
Joe Gold
Contestant (uncredited)
Bert Goodrich
Bodybuilder (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack
Bit Role (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Mrs. Griswalde (uncredited)
James Hyland
Television Man (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Reporter (uncredited)
Lucy Knoch
Process Server (uncredited)
Michael Kostrick
Cameraman (uncredited)
Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski
Contestant (uncredited)
Peter Leeds
Photographer (uncredited)
William Lewin
Usher (uncredited)
Harry Mackin
Usher (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
French Butler (uncredited)
Paul Power
Guest (uncredited)
Guy Prescott
Announcer (uncredited)
Allen Ray
Usher (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
TV Show Director (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Attendant (uncredited)
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Trivia
Even as late as 1954, Hollywood actors - in their shirtless scenes - generally wore their pants or bathing suits or loincloths high enough to cover their navels. In the Mr. Universe contest toward the end of this movie, the contestants wear snug-fitting, low-rising bathing suits which reveal several inches of skin below the navel. At the time, this must have been considered something of a "breakthrough."
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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").
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The song "Faster Than Sound" by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane was recorded but not used in the final print.
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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.
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When Johnny offers Athena a lift back to her family's store rather than having her walk back, lack of shadows indicates it right around noon - yet it dark when they finally arrive at store, meaning the car ride has taken six or seven hours.
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Quotes
Roy: She speaks Japanese with a Spanish accent.
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Adam Calhorn Shaw: What's their number?
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Minerva Mulvain: Pneumonia, how old-fashioned.
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Photos from cast
Linda Christian Nancy Kilgas
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