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Title:

Seven chances [videorecording] / Joseph M. Schenck presents a Metro-Goldwyn production ; Buster Keaton Productions ; adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue ; screen version by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez & Joseph Mitchell ; directed by Buster Keaton.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Kino International,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Megrue, Roi Cooper,--1883-1927--Film and video adaptations.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Inheritance and succession--Drama.
Mate selection--Drama.
Courtship--Drama.
Balloon ascensions--Drama.
Comedy films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Short films.

Other Authors:

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
Cline, Edward, 1892-1961.
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961.
Bruckman, Clyde, d. 1955.
Havez, Jean, 1874-1925.
Mitchell, Joseph, screenwriter.
Dwyer, Ruth, 1898-1978.
Barnes, T. Roy, 1880-1937.
Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937.
Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982.
Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927. Seven chances.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Metro Pictures Corporation.
First National Pictures.
Kino International Corporation.

Other Titles:

Neighbors.
Balloonatic.

Notes:

With: Neighbors / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. The balloonatic / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. [Seven chances] Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Ray Barnes [i.e. T. Roy Barnes], Snitz Edwards. [Neighbors] Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox. [The balloonatic] Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver. Seven chances "adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue." Digitally mastered from archival prints.

Contents:

Seven chances (1925, 56 min.) -- Neighbors (1920, 18 min.) -- The balloonatic (1923, 22 min.).

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.

Series:

The art of Buster Keaton

UPC:

738329012526

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)