Movie
Seven Chances
Overview
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Details
- Release date
- 1925-03-15
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Buster Keaton Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Buster Keaton as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
- T. Roy Barnes as Billy Meekin, His Partner
- Snitz Edwards as His Lawyer
- Ruth Dwyer as Mary Jones, His Girl
- Frances Raymond as Mrs. Jones, Her Mother
- Erwin Connelly as The Clergyman
- Jules Cowles as The Hired Hand
- Eugenia Gilbert as First Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Club
- Doris Deane as Second Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Golf Course
- Judy King as Third Chance: Girl Who Shreds 'Will You Marry Me' Note
- Hazel Deane as Fourth Chance: Girl Who Refuses on a False Assumption
- Bartine Burkett as Fifth Chance: Girl Proposed to Going Up the Staircase
Crew
- Buster Keaton - Director
- Clyde Bruckman - Screenplay
- Jean C. Havez - Screenplay
- Joseph A. Mitchell - Screenplay
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