In Seven Chances, Buster Keaton receives notice that he can inherit a large fortune if he marries before 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday — the same day he gets the message. The first half-hour of the film explores various gags that have since become romantic comedy tropes. It’s hilarious, and Keaton’s perfect comic timing is on full display.

A chain of comic circumstances lands Keaton in a church, where he wakes to find hundreds of prospective brides sitting behind him in their wedding gowns. When they realize he does not wish to marry any of them, they chase him out of the church, through the streets, and down a mountain with tumbling boulders.

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