Athena (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athena | |
---|---|
![]() "Athena" (VHS) |
|
Starring | Jane Powell Debbie Reynolds |
Distributed by | MGM |
Release date(s) | 4 November 1954 |
Country | ![]() |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Athena is a musical released on 4 November 1954 by MGM.
The film stars Jane Powell as "Athena Mulvain" and Debbie Reynolds as "Minerva Mulvain", two sisters who live with their weight-lifting grandfather Ulysses (Louis Calhern) and star-gazing grandmother Salome (Evelyn Varden) along with their other five beautiful, health-conscious sisters Niobe (Virginia Gibson), Aphrodite (Nancy Kilgas), Calliope (Dolores Starr), Medea (Jane Fischer) and Ceres (Cecile Rogers). Adam (Edmund Purdom) and Johnny (Vic Damone) romance Athena and Minerva respectively, but problems ensue when Adam humiliates Grandpa Ulysses' protege for "Mr. America" Ed Perkins (Steve Reeves) in a fight.
[edit] External links
- Athena at the Internet Movie Database