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Title:

Seven chances [blu-ray] / Joseph M. Schenck presents a Metro-Goldwyn production ; screen version by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez & Joseph Mitchell ; directed by Buster Keaton.

Format:

[blu-ray] /

Edition:

Ultimate ed. ; [2011 remastered ed.].

Publisher:

Kino Classics,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Inheritance and succession--Drama.
Mate selection--Drama.
Courtship--Drama.
Comedy films.
Silent films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.

Other Authors:

Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961. 451173
Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955. 528753
Mitchell, Joseph A. 458987
Dwyer, Ruth, 1898-1978.
Barnes, T. Roy, 1880-1937.
Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937. 605799
Israel, Robert, 1963-
Wood, Bret. 424438
Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927. Seven chances.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 48477
Kino Classics (Firm)
48308 Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
458986 Havez, Jean, 1872-1925

Other Titles:

Brideless groom.
How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald personal columns.

Notes:

Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards. Adapted from David Belasco's comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue. "Mastered from 35mm materials preserved by the Library of Congress"--Container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1925. Special features : optional audio commentary and conversation by film historians Ken Gordon and Bruce Lawton (2.0 stereo.); tour of filming locations by John Bengtson, author of Silent echoes; about the technicolor sequence by film historian Eric Grayson; gallery of production stills; bonus 1947 film "A brideless groom' (17 min.), a Three Stooges short that recycles the premise of Seven chances ; the 1904 Edison short film How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald personal columns / directed by Edwin S. Porter.

Summary:

"[T]he story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. After bungling a proposal to his longtime sweetheart ..., Jimmie ... embarks on a desperate quest for a bride. He experiences a hilarous series of rejections, until a newspaper announcement of Jimmie's predicament provides him with more fianc©♭es than he can handle"--Container.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)778075994

UPC:

738329084325

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)