Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 original vintage lobby card on heavy card stock. 11x14 inches. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 American musical film, directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. Movie lobby cards are a uniquely American creation. They are a hybrid of movie posters and, usually, movie star photos. Back in the early 1910s, the small nickelodeons, where films were first shown, started morphing into larger, more permanent, and more elegant venues.