History Film / SeventhHeaven

''7th Heaven'' is a 1927 film directed by Creator/FrankBorzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

%%* AbusiveParents: Abusive sister. Nana is horrifying. If she were a man she'd have a mustache to twirl.
%%* TheAlcoholic: Nana is an absolute wreck.

* {[Conscription}}: There's a general call to arms due to the first world war. Additionally, the military needed to do an emergency conscription of all vehicles in Paris in order to get troops quickly to the front line.

This lyrical, heartfelt romance still stands up as an example of the artistic peaks silent films were hitting in the days before the talkie revolution killed them forever. At the first UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award|s Ceremonies}} ceremony it lost the Best Production (later renamed Best Picture) award to ''Film/{{Wings}}'' but won Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and "Best Direction, Dramatic Picture" (starting with the next ceremony, the directing awards for dramatic and comedy pictures were merged into a single Best Director award). It also won an Oscar for Best Actress--sort of. At that ceremony the acting awards were given for one's whole body of work in a year, so in addition to this picture, Gaynor won for ''Street Angel'' and the all-time classic ''Film/{{Sunrise}}''.

* AbusiveParents: Abusive sister. Nana is horrifying. If she were a man she'd have a mustache to twirl.
* TheAlcoholic: Nana is an absolute wreck.

* MomentOfSilence: inverted. In the final scene, as Diane and Chico's friends mourn his death, the music abruptly stops when Chico reveals he's alive, shouting Diane's name (for a stronger effect, in caps).
* MoodDissonance: dramatic, tragic and comedy scenes follow each other so closely they frequently overlap. For instance, in the beginning Chico and his co-workers have a genuinely funny dialogue - with unconscious Diane lying in a gutter in the background.

* TitleDrop: Because he CannotSpitItOut, after saying Diane's name Chico says "Heaven!". And an attentive viewer will note that their apartment is on the seventh floor.

Gaynor and Farrell had such chemistry together that Fox Studios wound up [[ThoseTwoActors pairing them in twelve films]]. ''7th Heaven'' was remade ten years later, with the title spelled out as ''Seventh Heaven'', and with an up-and-coming [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] playing Chico. This film is preserved in the NationalFilmRegistry.

This lyrical, heartfelt romance still stands up as an example of the artistic peaks silent films were hitting in the days before the talkie revolution killed them forever. At the first AcademyAward ceremony it lost the Best Production (later renamed Best Picture) award to ''Film/{{Wings}}'' but won Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and "Best Direction, Dramatic Picture" (starting with the next ceremony, the directing awards for dramatic and comedy pictures were merged into a single Best Director award). It also won an Oscar for Best Actress--sort of. At that ceremony the acting awards were given for one's whole body of work in a year, so in addition to this picture, Gaynor won for ''Street Angel'' and the all-time classic ''Film/{{Sunrise}}''.

Gaynor and Farrell had such chemistry together that Fox Studios wound up [[ThoseTwoActors pairing them in twelve films]]. ''7th Heaven'' was remade ten years later, with the title spelled out as ''Seventh Heaven'', and with an up-and-coming [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] playing Chico. This film is preserved in the NationalFilmRegistry. Not to be confused with [[Series/SeventhHeaven the TV show]].

''7th Heaven'' is a 1927 film directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

* HollywoodAtheist: Chico says that he's an atheist because he donated at the church and prayed to get promoted, and donated at the church and prayed for a girlfriend, and neither happened, so "God owes me ten dollars." He later gets religion after finding love with Diane.

* CannotSpitItOut: Chico's version of a marriage proposal is to bring a wedding dress home to the apartment. Diane wants to marry him, but is disappointed that he won't say he loves her, asking if he can't say it just once.
--> '''Chico''': I can't, it's very stupid.

* GaggingOnYourWords: It's easier for Chico to bring Disne a wedding dress and invite her to their wedding than actually say that he loves her. '"I can't say it! It's too silly."'

* AbusiveParents: Abusive sister. Nana is a horrifying CompleteMonster. If she were a man she'd have a mustache to twirl.

This lyrical, heartfelt romance still stands up as an example of the artistic peaks silent films hitting in the days before the talkie revolution killed them forever. At the first AcademyAward ceremony it lost the Best Production (later renamed Best Picture) award to ''Film/{{Wings}}'' but won Oscars for "Best Writing, Adapted Story" (the future Best Adapted Screenplay) and "Best Direction, Dramatic Picture" (starting with the next ceremony, the directing awards for dramatic and comedy pictures were merged into a single Best Director award). It also won an Oscar for Best Actress--sort of. At that ceremony the acting awards were given for one's whole body of work in a year, so in addition to this picture, Gaynor won for ''Street Angel'' and the all-time classic ''Film/{{Sunrise}}''.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Chico says some coarse and sexist things--remarking that Diane would be better off dead after he saves her from Nana, lamenting his luck in getting Diane instead of the nice blonde girl he prayed for, telling Diane (after she moves in) that women always try to entrap men.

* PeepingTom: Chico's coworker, the appropriately named Rat, likes to look up the skirts of women that walk over the storm drain mounted above their heads.