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
My review:
This is my first film review and to be honest with you when I saw it was a silent movie, I had to cringe. Most silent movies I`ve seen, were in one word BORING! But this movie is different, it has all you would want in a great movie, romance, war, comedy. I fell in love with this movie. The lead actress, has such a gift to protray her emotions through her eyes which is most endearing. The more I think about it, these film actors were the real McCcy, no special effects here, no botox, just good old acting the way it should be. The lead actor, is in one word gorgeous and plays his role with such flair. I also loved all the comedic value in this movie. I laughed out loud on several occasions. So all in all, I give this movie a rating of 10 reels out of 10.
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