SEVEN CHANCES (1925) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes,
Snitz Edwards, Ruth Dwyer
Buster Keaton stands to inherit $7 million, provided he can find a woman to marry him by seven o'clock. When his business partner plants the story in the afternoon paper, an army of would-be brides show up at the church, setting the stage for one of the great movie chases ever. Highlight: Buster, running down a hill ahead of an avalanche, sees the women coming the other way, turns and runs back up the hill, dodging the boulders which then take out his pursuers. The premise is just enough to set off the chase. The chase is awesome.
