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Seven Chances

  • 19251925
  • PassedPassed
  • 56m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
11K
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Seven Chances (1925)
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A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
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    • Buster Keaton
  • Writers
    • Roi Cooper Megrue(adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by)
    • Clyde Bruckman(screen version by)
    • Jean C. Havez(screen version by)
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • Ruth Dwyer
    • T. Roy Barnes
    • Buster Keaton
  • Writers
    • Roi Cooper Megrue(adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by)
    • Clyde Bruckman(screen version by)
    • Jean C. Havez(screen version by)
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • Ruth Dwyer
    • T. Roy Barnes
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 64User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
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    Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton, Jean Arthur, Bartine Burkett, Louise Carver, Doris Deane, Hazel Deane, Ruth Dwyer, Connie Evans, and Eugenia Gilbert in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton, Jean Arthur, Bartine Burkett, Rosalind Byrne, Louise Carver, Doris Deane, Hazel Deane, Ruth Dwyer, Connie Evans, Eugenia Gilbert, Rosa Gore, and Marion Harlan in Seven Chances (1925)
    Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton and Rosalind Byrne in Seven Chances (1925)
    Jean Arthur in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton and Jean Arthur in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton, Jean Arthur, Lori Bara, Bartine Burkett, Rosalind Byrne, Louise Carver, Doris Deane, Hazel Deane, Ruth Dwyer, Connie Evans, Eugenia Gilbert, Rosa Gore, Edna Hammon, Marion Harlan, Judy King, Barbara Pierce, Kate Price, Frances Raymond, Constance Talmadge, and Pauline Toller in Seven Chances (1925)
    Buster Keaton and T. Roy Barnes in Seven Chances (1925)

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    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • James Shannon
    Ruth Dwyer
    • His Girl
    T. Roy Barnes
    T. Roy Barnes
    • His Partner
    Snitz Edwards
    Snitz Edwards
    • His Lawyer
    Frances Raymond
    Frances Raymond
    • Her Mother
    • (as Frankie Raymond)
    Erwin Connelly
    • The Clergyman
    Jules Cowles
    Jules Cowles
    • The Hired Hand
    Jean Arthur
    Jean Arthur
    • Miss Smith - Office Receptionist
    • (uncredited)
    Lori Bara
    • Mother of Underage Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Bartine Burkett
    • Fifth Chance: Country Club Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Rosalind Byrne
    Rosalind Byrne
    • Prospective Bride at Church
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Carver
    Louise Carver
    • Prospective Bride Who Operates Crane
    • (uncredited)
    Doris Deane
    • Second Chance: Girl Proposed to on Golf Course
    • (uncredited)
    Hazel Deane
    • Fourth Chance: The Refuser
    • (uncredited)
    Connie Evans
    • Sixth Chance: Country Club Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Eugenia Gilbert
    Eugenia Gilbert
    • First Chance: Girl in Big Hat Who Laughs at James' Proposal
    • (uncredited)
    Rosa Gore
    Rosa Gore
    • Prospective Bride at Church
    • (uncredited)
    Edna Hammon
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Buster Keaton
    • Writers
      • Roi Cooper Megrue(adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by)
      • Clyde Bruckman(screen version by)
      • Jean C. Havez(screen version by)
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    • Trivia
      The most famous scene of this film originated by accident. In the filming of a chase scene down a steep slope, Buster Keaton inadvertently dislodged some rocks which tumbled after him as if in pursuit, and he had to scramble to dodge them. At a preview showing, Keaton saw that that accident got the biggest laughs in the film. Thus inspired, he decided to reshoot the scene with over 100 papier-mâché "rocks", ranging from pebbles to six-foot boulders, so his character would have to deal with a massive avalanche in the scene.
    • Goofs
      Just as the horde of would-be brides overruns the college football game, one of the players can be seen throwing himself to the ground, already pretending to be trampled.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: By the time Jimmie had reached the church, he had proposed to everything in skirts, including a Scotchman.

    • Connections
      Featured in 4 Clowns (1970)

    User reviews64

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    8/10
    Seven laughs a minute!
    Buster Keaton catapults himself down a steep hillside, an avalanche of pebbles, rocks and boulders tumbling in his wake. If any one of these objects were to strike him down, he would certainly be killed by the impact. He is almost escaping the rocks now; just a few more seconds of frantic sprinting is required. Suddenly, Keaton looks up, only to find a massive horde of woman striding purposefully towards him. He is stuck between a rock and a hard place: an avalanche behind him, and a flock of would-be brides ahead. Quickly and delicately weighing his chances of survival either way, Keaton turns determinedly towards the barrage of boulders. It is hilarious little moments like this that make Buster Keaton's silent comedies such a joy to watch, and 'Seven Chances' is certainly one of the funniest I've seen, brimming with the talented actor's trademark deadpan humour.

    The premise on which the story is based is singularly ridiculous, and so this allows Keaton to have a great deal of fun, placing his character in appropriately bizarre situations. Young Jimmy Shannon (Keaton) loves his sweetheart Mary Jones (Ruth Dwyer), but can never quite muster up the courage to tell her, and most certainly could never take that plunge into marriage. However, one day he discovers that his grandfather has left him the princely sum of $7 million, but only if he gets married… by 7 PM that day! After he is rejected by Mary (due to an unfortunate misunderstanding), Jimmy seeks out another would-be bride, ultimately realising that finding a wife isn't as easy as he had hoped. The first half of the film is admittedly light on Keaton's patented stunt-work, but it remains a clever and witty situation comedy, with poor Jimmy suffering the laughter of onlookers as he moves from one girl to the next, tentatively asking for their hands in marriage.

    When all this fails, an advertisement in the afternoon-edition newspaper brings hundreds of women to Jimmy's side, but by now he's realised that Mary is the only girl he could ever marry. As he struggles desperately to get to her home by 7:00, he is pursued by a horde of money-crazy ladies: big and small, young and old, beautiful and ugly. This is truly where Keaton comes into his element, and a hectic scramble down a hillside – pursued by an avalanche of rocks – is the film's most memorable moment {the idea for this scene came by accident, when Keaton inadvertently dislodged some rocks while he was running. The preview audience responded so favourably that he decided to re-shoot an extended sequence}. The paper-mâché rocks look quite convincing, and I was pretty much fooled into thinking that Keaten was really dodging the real thing (until I noticed him get bowled over by one of the boulders, without any apparent ill-effects!) 'Seven Chances' moves by at such a frenetic pace that there isn't a moment that could be trimmed. Though it runs for just 56 minutes, I had a huge smile on my face for every single one of them.
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      • March 15, 1925 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Buster Keaton Productions
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    • 56 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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