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Seven Sweethearts is a 1942 musical film directed by Frank Borzage, starring Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt and Van Heflin. Seven Sweethearts generated a bit of legal trouble seven years later. In 1949, Hungarian playwright Ferenc Herczeg sued MGM, Pasternak, and screenwriters Walter Reich and Leo Townsend for $200,000, claiming they had plagiarized his play Seven Sisters, which he had written in 1903 and which Paramount had adapted into The Seven Sisters a 1915 movie starring Madge Evans. Herczeg was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp in Hungary when Seven Sweethearts was produced and released, and consequently he didn't learn of the film's existence until 1948. The suit was settled out of court for a substantial amount.
Kathryn Grayson's real-life sister, Frances Raeburn, played "Cornelius."
Original Release
11/13/1942
US Release
11/13/1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kathryn Grayson | Billie Van Maaster |
Marsha Hunt | Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster |
Cecilia Parker | Victor Van Maaster |
Peggy Moran | Albert 'Al' Van Maaster |
Dorothy Morris | Peter Van Maaster |
Frances Rafferty | George Van Maaster |
Frances Raeburn | Cornelius Van Maaster |
Van Heflin | Henry Taggart |
Carl Esmond | Carl Randall / Cornelius Van Maaster |
Michael Butler | Bernard Groton, Peter's Beau / Bernard Groton - Peter's Beau |
Directors
Writers
Walter Reisch, Leo Townsend, Ferenc Herczeg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kathryn Grayson | Billie Van Maaster |
Marsha Hunt | Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster |
Cecilia Parker | Victor Van Maaster |
Peggy Moran | Albert 'Al' Van Maaster |
Dorothy Morris | Peter Van Maaster |
Frances Rafferty | George Van Maaster |
Frances Raeburn | Cornelius Van Maaster |
Van Heflin | Henry Taggart |
Carl Esmond | Carl Randall / Cornelius Van Maaster |
Michael Butler | Bernard Groton, Peter's Beau / Bernard Groton - Peter's Beau |
Cliff Danielson | Martin Leyden, Victor's Beau / Martin Leyden - Victor's Beau |
William Roberts | Anthony Vreeland, Cornelius' Beau / Anthony Vreeland - Cornelius' Beau |
James Warren | Theodore Vaney, Albert's Beau / Theodore Vaney - Albert's Beau |
Dick Simmons | Paul Brandt, George's Beau / Paul Brandt - George's Beau |
S.Z. Sakall | Mr. Van Maaster, the Father / Mr. Van Maaster - the Father |
Diana Lewis | Mrs. Nugent, a Newlywed / Mrs. Nugent - a Newlywed |
Lewis Howard | Mr. Nugent, a Newlywed / Mr. Nugent - a Newlywed |
Isobel Elsom | Miss Abagail Robbins |
Donald Meek | Reverend Howgan, the Minister / Rev. Howgan - the Minister |
Louise Beavers | Petunia, the Maid / Petunia - the Maid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Borzage | Producer |
Joe Pasternak | Producer |