Buster Keaton's SEVEN CHANCES, though not one of his greatest silent films, is still a very charming and amusing comedy about a man who has to get married in one day in order to inherit $7 million.
Jimmie Shannon (Buster Keaton), a partner in a brokerage firm, has been dating his sweetheart Mary Jones (Ruth Dwyer) for over a year, but can't tell her he loves her. A lawyer tells Jimmie that he has inherited $7 million from his grandfather, providing he gets married by 7:00 P.M. on his 27th
birthday, which happens to be that day. Jimmie's partner, Billie (T. Roy Barnes), who needs money to stay out of jail due to a bad business deal, urges Jimmie to propose to Mar...
Released:
1925
Rated:
NR
Length:
56 mins