Seventh Heaven (film)

Seventh Heaven

Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Benjamin Glazer
Starring	Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Ben Bard
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer Joseph A. Valentine
Editing by	H.H. Caldwell Katherine Hilliker
Release date(s)	May 6, 1927
Running time	110 min
Country	USA
Language	Silent film English intertitles

For other uses, see Seventh Heaven (disambiguation).

Seventh Heaven (1927) is a silent film and one of the first films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production"). The film was written by H.H. Caldwell (titles), Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker (titles) and Austin Strong (play), and directed by Frank Borzage.

The movie is a romance starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Borzage won for Best Director and Glazer won for Best Writing, Adaptation.

Seventh Heaven is the 13th highest grossing silent film in cinema history, taking in more than $2.5 million at the box office in 1927.

In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Cast

Janet Gaynor ... Diane
Charles Farrell ... Chico
Ben Bard ... Col. Brissac
Albert Gran ... Boul
David Butler ... Gobin
Marie Mosquini ... Madame Gobin
Gladys Brockwell ... Nana
Emile Chautard ... Father Chevillon
Jessie Haslett ... Aunt Valentine
Brandon Hurst ... Uncle George
George E. Stone ... Sewer Rat
Lillian West ... Arlette

Theme tune

Seventh Heaven features the song "Diane" by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack, who wrote the song specifically for the film.

1937 remake

A comparatively unknown remake of Seventh Heaven was produced as a sound film in 1937, starring Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, and Gregory Ratoff, with Henry King directing.

v • d • e The films of Frank Borzage

1910s	The Pride and the Man • Dollars of Dross • Land o' Lizards • Immediate Lee • Flying Colors • Until They Get Me • The Gun Woman • The Curse of Iku • The Shoes That Danced • Innocent's Progress • Society for Sale • An Honest Man • Who Is to Blame? • The Ghost Flower • The Atom • Toton the Apache • Whom the Gods Would Destroy • Prudence on Broadway

1920s	Humoresque • The Duke of Chimney Butte • Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford • Back Pay • Billy Jim • The Good Provider • The Valley of Silent Men • The Pride of Palomar • The Nth Commandment • Children of the Dust • The Age of Desire • Secrets • The Lady • Daddy's Gone A-Hunting • The Circle • Lazybones • Wages for Wives • The First Year • The Dixie Merchant • Early to Wed • Marriage License? • Seventh Heaven • Street Angel • Lucky Star • They Had to See Paris • The River

1930s	Song o' My Heart • Liliom • Doctors' Wives • Young as You Feel • Bad Girl • After Tomorrow • Young America • A Farewell to Arms • Secrets • Man's Castle • No Greater Glory • Little Man, What Now? • Flirtation Walk • Living on Velvet • Stranded • Shipmates Forever • Desire • Hearts Divided • Green Light • History Is Made at Night • Big City • Mannequin • Three Comrades • The Shining Hour • Disputed Passage

1940s	Strange Cargo • The Mortal Storm • Flight Command • Smilin' Through • The Vanishing Virginian • Seven Sweethearts • Stage Door Canteen • His Butler's Sister • Till We Meet Again • The Spanish Main • Magnificent Doll • I've Always Loved You • That's My Man • Moonrise

1950s	China Doll • The Big Fisherman

Television	"Screen Director's Playhouse" (1955 - 1966)

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