☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Seven
Chances (1925) – B. Keaton
Like many of Buster Keaton’s comedies this
one starts off slowly and gradually takes off until it culminates in a
frenzy. Buster finds out that he will
inherit 7 million dollars if he is married by 7 PM on the day of his 27th
birthday – which is, of course, today.
He offends his true love and thus must find someone else. His initial efforts fail but when his
business associates (who also stand to profit) place a story in the newspaper,
all hell breaks loose. The major
set-piece here features Buster being chased by a horde of women dressed in
wedding veils, including through the desert and down a mountainside (chased
also by boulders). I didn’t find this as
riotously funny or as ingenious as some of Keaton’s other works but there are
lots of good moments. He really was a
creative genius when it came to stunts/action/the camera.
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