If it weren't for the existence of Murnau's Sunrise, I wouldn't hesitate to call 7th Heaven the greatest of all silent films.
Seventh Heaven (1927)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9.3/10
Synopsis: A beaten-down Paris street urchin meets and finds redemption in the arms of a bold working man, while war rages, in this romantic classic of the silent film era. Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best... A beaten-down Paris street urchin meets and finds redemption in the arms of a bold working man, while war rages, in this romantic classic of the silent film era. Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay. [More]
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, Marie Mosquini
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, Marie Mosquini, David Butler, Albert Gran
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Screenwriter: Benjamin Glazer
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The kind of movie that births a lifelong love affair with silent cinema... I'd be extraordinarily hard-pressed to come up with any way in which it's not flawless.
By today's standards, Borzage's romantic melodrama is sappy and outdated, but in 1927, the Oscar-nominated silent film was extremely popular with (female) audiences.
Based on a long-running stage success and wildly popular upon its first release, Seventh Heaven is probably Frank Borzage's most famous film, the one where all his principles of mystical romance come together most distinctively.
An entrancing fable from an era in cinema history that already felt a little out of time when the movie debuted.
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