Rent Seven Chances (1925)
3.9 of 5 from 68 ratings
0h 56min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Jimmy Shannon (Buster Keaton) learns he is to inherit seven million dollars, with a catch. He will only get the money if he is married by 7pm on his 27th birthday, which happens to be that same day! What follows is an incredible series of escalating set-pieces that could only have come from the genius of Buster Keaton.
- Actors:
- Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Frances Raymond, Erwin Connelly, Jules Cowles, Jean Arthur, Lori Bara, Bartine Burkett, Rosalind Byrne, Louise Carver, Doris Deane, Hazel Deane, Connie Evans, Eugenia Gilbert, Rosa Gore, Edna Hammon, Marion Harlan, Jean C. Havez
- Directors:
- Buster Keaton
- Producers:
- Buster Keaton
- Writers:
- Roi Cooper Megrue, Clyde Bruckman, Jean C. Havez, Joseph A. Mitchell
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2020
- Run Time:
- 57 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Seven Chances - Brand new audio commentary by Joel Goss and Bruce Lawton
- New and exclusive video essay by David Cairns
- Buster Keaton and Irwin Allen audio interview from 1945 (6 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Arthur Friedman audio interview from 1956 (32 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Robert Franklin audio interview from 1958 (56 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Herbert Feinstein audio interview from 1960 (48 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Studs Terkel audio interview from 1960 (38 mins)
- What! No Spinach? (1926, dir. Harry Sweet) (19 mins) - Rarely seen comedy short by American actor / director Harry Sweet, that riffs on a number of elements from 'Seven Chances'
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Reviews (2) of Seven Chances
Seven Chances - Seven Chances review by LJ
More consistent than some Buster Keaton silent movies, which are always visually impressive, but the repeated inclusion of an offensive blackface routine ruins the film.
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Silent Comedy. - Seven Chances review by Steve
Buster Keaton had no regard for this silent romantic comedy, maybe because he didn’t originate the project. It is adapted from an old stage play (by Roi Cooper Megrue) which is more like the director/star’s early features. But it’s grand entertainment and was a huge success.
Buster plays a lawyer faced with financial ruin who will inherit $7 million if he gets married before 7pm… the same day! When his neglected girlfriend turns him down, the would-be heir enquires after the other seven women he knows… and finally advertises.
Until he is chased across town by hundreds of potential brides. Which admittedly is a run out for being pursued through LA by a herd of cattle in his other 1925 release, Go West. Famously Keaton ends up fleeing a rockslide. Some critics are dismissive because it’s not- apparently- the work of an auteur!
But it’s excellent; both the rather conventional romcom and the frantic action climax. It’s crammed with superb visual gags and Keaton relates the satisfying narrative with clarity. There are even scenes in Technicolor! Don’t miss uncredited Jean Arthur on the switchboard, sporting a black bob…
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