Rent Seven Chances (1925)
3.9 of 5 from 68 ratings
0h 56min
- General info
- Available formats
- 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 (1) 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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