Living to a Ripe Old Age

We just finished watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for the umpteenth time. I remember seeing it when it first came out and that was 62 years ago. Time flies. In my opinion it’s the finest movie musical ever made. Although Singing in the Rain, The Band Wagon, and West Side Story are all good candidates, too.

I noticed something interesting. Of the male principal cast three are still alive (Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, and Jacques d’Amboise) and of the female principle cast five are still alive (Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Nancy Kilgas, Ruta Lee, and Norma Doggett). Those of the principal dancing cast who are deceased lived to quite advanced ages. Marc Platt was in his mid 40s when the picture was made for goodness’ sake.

The moral of the story is that two keys to living to a ripe old age are dancing and discipline.

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