Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Donen ya karfafa aikinsa na solo kuma ya sami wata nasara tare da wasan kwaikwayo "Sau bakwai ga 'yan'uwa bakwai" (1954). Bisa ga wani ɗan gajeren labari na Stephen Vincent Benét, waƙar fim din ta Saul Chaplin da Gene de Paul, tare da kalmomin Johnny Mercer da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na Michael Kidd. Jane Powell tana wasa da Milly, wata mata mai iyaka ta 1850 wacce ta auri Adam (Howard Keel) sa'o'i kadan bayan haduwarsa da shi. Lokacin da ta koma tare da Adam zuwa gidansa na katako a cikin Oregon backwoods, Milly ya gano cewa 'yan'uwan mijinta shida ba su da kyau kuma ba su da kyau. Ta sanya shi aikinta don kula da su kuma, a kan shawarar da Milly ta yi, 'yan'uwan sun sace mata shida daga garin da ke makwabtaka don su auri su. An harbi fim din a cikin sabon tsarin CinemaScope kuma ana tuna shi da jerin waƙoƙin rawa, musamman "yanayin ɗaga barn" wanda gine-gine da gini suka zama matakan ballet na acrobatic. "Auren Mata Bakwai don 'Yan'uwa Bakwai" yana daya daga cikin fina-finai mafi girma na 1954 kuma ya bayyana a jerin fina-finai 10 mafi kyau na masu sukar. An zabi shi don Kyautar Kwalejin Kwalejin biyar
, ciki har da Mafi kyawun Hotuna da Mafi kyawun Kiɗa (Scoring of a Musical Picture), wanda ya lashe. Nasarar ta kasance abin mamaki ga MGM, wanda ya saka ƙarin kuɗi a cikin wasu waƙoƙin kiɗa guda biyu: "Rose Marie" da "Brigadoon", wanda Kelly ya buga. "Amarya Bakwai don 'Yan'uwa Bakwai" ya fi riba fiye da kowane ɗayan fina-finai, da kuma "A kan Town" da "Singin' in the Rain", kuma nasarar da ta samu ta kasance babban juyi ga aikin Donen. Daga baya marubuciya Francine Prose ta soki fim din, wanda ya bayyana shi a matsayin mai adawa da mata, yana kiransa "ɗaya daga cikin fina-finai mafi banƙyama game da maza da mata da aka taɓa yi" da wasan kwaikwayo game da fyade.