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SEVEN CHANCES Starring BUSTER KEATON

Anything But Silent: Silent Classics with Live Music

New date! Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30pm
Members $9 / Public $13

Buster Keaton plays a young lawyer who will inherit $7 million at 7 o'clock on his
27th birthday--provided he is married. Long before discovering this, Keaton
has pursued a lifelong courtship of Ruth Dwyer. He proposes again, but this time
she turns him down because she thinks (mistakenly) that he wants her only so that
he can claim his inheritance. The doleful Keaton is thus obliged to spend the few
hours left before the 7 PM deadline in search of a bride--any bride. He has no luck
whatsoever until his pal T. Roy Barnes prints the story of Keaton's incoming legacy
in the local newspaper. As a result, literally hundreds of women, bedecked in veils
and bearing bouquets, chase Keaton through the busy streets of Los Angeles. A
hidden gem among Keaton's films, Seven Chances contains one of his most hilarious
finales. Watch for Jean Arthur in a bit as a receptionist. USA, 1925, 56 mins.
Ben Model, silent film accompanist for MoMA,composes his own scores and performs in a style that evokes the
silent era and reflects a contemporary audience's appreciation of music www.benmodel.com