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7th Heaven

1927110 minUnited States
RomanceDrama

Synopsis

A Paris sewer worker intervenes when a young woman is attacked by her abusive sister. To protect her from the police, he claims that they are married and offers shelter in his high attic room. Their improvised arrangement becomes a profound attachment just as war threatens to separate them.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
118:39
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Frank Borzage / Benjamin Glazer / Katherine Hilliker / Harry H. Caldwell / Joseph Austin Strong; 7th Heaven — Internet Archive · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsFrank Borzage

Inspirations

Frank Borzage's adaptation of Austin Strong's play established Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell as an important romantic pairing. Initially released as a silent film, it also circulated with a synchronised Movietone score and sound effects during the industry's transition to recorded sound.

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