| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Art of Buster Keaton |
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Art of Buster Keaton.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
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. |
| Cast |
[Seven chances] Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Ray Barnes [i.e. T. Roy Barnes], Snitz Edwards. |
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[Neighbors] Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox. |
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[The balloonatic] Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver. |
| Credits |
[Seven chances, Neighbors] Music, Robert Israel. [The balloonatic] Music, John Muri. |
| Note |
Seven chances "adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue." |
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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. |
| Language |
Silent films with English intertitles and original music scores. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927 -- Film adaptations.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
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Mate selection -- Drama.
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Courtship -- Drama.
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Balloon ascensions -- Drama.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Short films.
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| Added Author |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
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Cline, Edward, 1892-1961.
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Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961.
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Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955.
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Havez, Jean, 1872-1925.
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Mitchell, Joseph A., screenwriter.
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Dwyer, Ruth, 1898-1978.
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Barnes, T. Roy, 1880-1937.
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Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937.
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Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982.
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Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927.
Seven chances.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Metro Pictures Corporation.
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Seven chances, Neighbors, and The balloonatic |
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Neighbors.
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Balloonatic.
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| Standard No. |
738329012526 |
| Music No. |
K125 DVD Kino International |
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