7th Heaven
1927 · US
Directed by Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage, 1927: a Paris sewer worker (Charles Farrell) and a waif (Janet Gaynor) climb seven flights toward a heaven that is a walk-up. From Austin Strong's play; Fox, the year Murnau was on the lot making Sunrise. Gaynor won the first Best Actress Oscar, in part for this. Borzage shoots love as a religion that does not need a church — the war, the street, the room at the top. It is a silent that believes the staircase.
Drama · Romance
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Cast
Principal players
Janet Gaynor
Diane
Charles Farrell
Chico
Albert Gran
Boul
David Butler
Gobin
Marie Mosquini
Madame Gobin
Gladys Brockwell
Nana
Émile Chautard
Father Chevillon
Ben Bard
Col. Brissac
George E. Stone
Sewer Rat
J
Jessie Haslett
Aunt Valentine
Brandon Hurst
Uncle George
Lillian West
Arlette
M
Mary Borzage
Bullet Factory Worker
L
Lewis Borzage Sr.
Streetlamp Lighter
S
Sue Borzage
Street Girl
Crew
Ernest Palmer
cinematographer
Benjamin Glazer
writer
Katherine Hilliker
writer
Joseph A. Valentine
cinematographer
H.H. Caldwell
writer
