Athena

Athena

1954 | 1h 36m | Romance | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

Discover the story of two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but their bodybuilder father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés, a singer and a lawyer, in this musical romantic comedy.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Thorpe

CAST

Jane Powell

Debbie Reynolds

Virginia Gibson

Nancy Kilgas

Vic Damone

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Related Videos

03:21
Athena (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Harmonize
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Perturbed lawyer Adam (Edmund Purdom) at the home of mystically inclined fitness nuts, Louis Calhern as Grandpa, Jane Powell the title character, Debbie Reynolds and Vic Damone in chorus, and Steve Reeves the disdainful body-builder, another Martin & Blane song, in MGMs Athena, 1954.
03:24
Athena (1954) -- (Movie Clip) The Girl Next Door
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Swiftly to business in MGMs light comic musical for contract stars, first Vic Damone as TV star Johnny Nye, bobby-soxers packing the studio, with a Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane song introduced ten years earlier by Judy Garland, in Athena, 1954, also starring Jane Powell.
03:19
Athena (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Vocalize
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Nutty numerologist and amateur gardener Jane Powell (title character) has inserted herself into the household of lawyer Adam (Edmund Purdom), mulching to a Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane tune, meeting singer-client Johnny (Vic Damone) on the way out, in MGMs Athena, 1954.
03:29
Athena - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A society lawyer falls in love with the daughter (Jane Powell) of a family of fitness fanatics in Athena (1954).

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