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Seventh Heaven (play)

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Written by
  
Austin Strong

First performance
  
30 October 1922

Setting
  
Paris

Characters
  
Diane Chico

Playwright
  
Austin Strong

Original language
  
English language

Seventh Heaven (play)

Adaptations
  
7th Heaven (1927), Seventh Heaven (1937)

Seventh Heaven was one of the most popular Broadway plays of the 1920s.

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Production

Seventh Heaven was written by Austin Strong and produced by John Golden. It ran at the Booth Theatre from October 30, 1922, to July 1924 for a total of 704 performances. The leads were played by George Gaul as Chico and Helen Menken as Diane. Also in the cast of the play was Frank Morgan as Brissac.

Cast

  • Helen Menken as Diane
  • George Gaul as Chico
  • Frank Morgan as Brissac
  • Herbert Druce as Boul'
  • Alfred Kappeler as Maximalian Gobin
  • Marion Kerby as Nana
  • William Post as Pere Chevillon
  • Isabel West as Aunt Valentine
  • Harry Forsman as Uncle Georges
  • Fred Holloway as The Rat
  • Beatrice Noyes as Arlette
  • Bernard Thornton as Recan
  • Lionel Joseph as Lamplighter
  • Richard Carlyle as Blonde
  • John Clements as Sergeant of Police

    • Plot

    Young girl Diane is falling in love with Chico in World War I era France.

    Films

    Two films have been made based on the original Broadway play. A 1927 silent film of the same title was written by Benjamin Glazer and directed by Frank Borzage. A 1937 remake was produced as a sound film starring Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, and Gregory Ratoff, with Henry King directing.

    References

    Seventh Heaven (play) Wikipedia
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