Seven chances [videorecording] / a Metro-Goldwyn production ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; directed by Buster Keaton ; screenplay by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph Mitchell ; from the play by David Belasco, as adapted by Roi Cooper Megrue. Neighbors / Metro Pictures ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. The balloonatic / First National Attraction ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline.

Publication:

New York, NY : Kino on Video : Kino International, [2001] c1999.

Series:

Art of Buster Keaton ; [pt. 3].
The art of Buster Keaton ; [pt. 3]

Format/Description:

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

Form/Genre:

Short films.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Comedy films.

Language:

Silent films with English intertitles; original musical score added.

System Details:

DVD.

Summary:

Seven chances: Keaton stars as Jimmie Shannon, a romantically jinxed young man who must marry by 7:00 p.m. to inherit seven million dollars.
Neighbors: Buster tries to woo his tenement sweetheart in spite of barriers which stand between them.
The Balloonatic: Buster is carried by hot air balloon from a cityside amusement park to the rustic country, where he struggles ineptly for survival and somehow manages to stumble into romance.

Contents:

Seven chances (56 min.)
Neighbors (18 min.)
Balloonatic (22 min.)

Participant:

(Seven chances) Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Ray Barnes [i.e. T. Roy Barnes], Snitz Edwards; (Neighbors) Keaton, Virginia Fox; (Balloonatic) Keaton, Phyllis Haver.

Credits:

(Seven chances) Photography, Elgin Lessley, Byron Houck; music, Robert Israel; music, Robert Israel (Neighbors); John Muri (Balloonatic).

Notes:

Videodisc release of one motion picture and two short motion pictures produced in 1925, 1920 and 1923.

Contributor:

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 , Director, Producer, Actor
Dwyer, Ruth, 1898-1978. , Actor
Barnes, T. Roy, 1880-1937. , Actor
Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937. , Actor
Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982. , Actor
Haver, Phyllis, 1899-1960. , Actor
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961 , Producer
Bruckman, Clyde, d. 1955. , Author
Havez, Jean, 1874-1925. , Author
Mitchell, Joseph, 1908-1996 , Author
Cline, Edward, 1892-1961 , Director, Author
Israel, Robert. , Composer
Muri, John. , Composer
Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927 , Screenwriter
Belasco, David, 1853-1931. , Author
Buster Keaton Productions. , Producer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. , Producer
Metro Pictures Corporation. , Distributor
First National Pictures, Inc.. , Producer
Kino International Corporation. , Distributor
Kino International Corporation. , Distributor

Related Work:

Belasco, David, 1853-1931., Author Seven chances.

Contains:

Neighbors.
The Balloonatic.

OCLC:

50602113

Publisher Number:

738329012526
K125 Kino on Video

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