| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Collection |
Art of Buster Keaton
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| Notes |
"K125" |
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Seven chances "adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue." |
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Digitally mastered from archival prints. |
| Contents |
Seven chances (1925, 56 min.) -- Neighbors (1920, 18 min.) -- The balloonatic (1923, 22 min.). |
| Credits |
[Seven chances] directed by Buster Keaton ; screenplay by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph Mitchell ; [Neighbors] written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline ; music, Robert Israel. [The balloonatic] written and directed by Buster keaton and Eddie cline ; music, John Muri. |
| Cast |
[Seven chances] Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Ray Barnes [i.e. T. Roy Barnes], Snitz Edwards. |
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[Neighbors] Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox. |
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[The balloonatic] Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver. |
| Summary |
[Seven chances] A romantically jinxed young man must marry by 7 PM to inherit seven million dollars. While fate seems to thwart his efforts to woo the object of his true affection, public announcement of his strange predicament provides him with a throng of would-be brides. [Neighbors] Buster tries to woo his tenement sweetheart in spite of the barriers that stand between them. [The balloonatic] Buster is carried by hot air from a cityside amusement park to the rustic country where he ineptly struggles for survival and again somehow manages to stumble into romance."--Container. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Notes |
Silent films with English intertitles and original music scores. |
| Sujet |
Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927 -- Film and video adaptations.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
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Mate selection -- Drama.
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Courtship -- Drama.
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Balloon ascensions -- Drama.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Short films.
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| Autre Auteur |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
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Cline, Edward, 1892-1961.
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Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961.
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Bruckman, Clyde, d. 1955.
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Mitchell, Jopseph, screenwriter.
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Dwyer, Ruth, 1898-1978.
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Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927.
Seven chances.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Metro Pictures Corporation.
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First National Pictures.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Autre Titre |
Seven chances, Neighbors, and The balloonatic |
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Neighbors.
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Balloonatic.
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| Standard No. |
738329012526 |
| Music # |
K125 DVD Kino International |
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