Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Donen mere ka ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe na-aga n'ihu ma nwee ihe ọzọ na-emetụta egwu "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954). Dabere na akụkọ dị mkpirikpi nke Stephen Vincent Benét, egwu nke ihe nkiri ahụ bụ nke Saul Chaplin na Gene de Paul, na okwu Johnny Mercer na choreography nke Michael Kidd. Jane Powell na-egwuri Milly, nwanyị na-aga n'ihu na 1850 nke lụrụ Adam (Howard Keel) naanị awa ole na ole mgbe ha zutere ya. Mgbe ya na Adam laghachiri n'ụlọ osisi ya dị n'ọhịa Oregon, Milly chọpụtara na ụmụnne nwoke isii nke di ya bụ ndị na-enweghị omume ọma na ndị na-adịghị mma. Ọ na-eme ka ọ bụrụ ọrụ ya iji zụọ ha, na, na-atụ aro nke Milly, ụmụnne nwoke ahụ na-atọrọ ụmụ nwanyị isii site n'obodo agbata obi iji lụọ ha. A gbara ihe nkiri ahụ na usoro CinemaScope ọhụrụ ma bụrụ nke a na-echeta maka usoro ịgba egwu ya, ọkachasị "ihe nkiri na-ebuli barn" nke ụkpụrụ ụlọ na iwu ụlọ na-aghọ nzọụkwụ ballet acrobatic. "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" bụ otu n'ime ihe nkiri ndị kasị baa uru na 1954 ma pụta na ndepụta 10 nke ihe nkiri kachasị mma nke ọtụtụ ndị nkatọ. A họpụtara ya maka ihe nrite Academy Award ise
, gụnyere Best Picture na Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture), nke ọ meriri. Ihe ịga nke ọma ya bụ ihe ijuanya nye MGM, nke tinyere ego karịa na egwu egwu abụọ ọzọ: "Rose Marie" na "Brigadoon", nke Kelly na-egwuri egwu. "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" bụ ihe na-enye ego karịa nke ọ bụla n'ime ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ, yana "On the Town" na "Singin' in the Rain", na ihe ịga nke ọma ya bụ isi ihe gbanwere ọrụ Donen. Onye edemede akwụkwọ akụkọ Francine Prose mechara katọọ ihe nkiri ahụ, onye kọwara ya dị ka onye na-emegide nwanyị, na-akpọ ya "otu n'ime ihe nkiri kachasị asọ oyi banyere ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị emerela" na egwu egwu banyere ndina n'ike.