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7th Heaven (1927)
American romantic drama.
A street cleaner saves a young woman’s life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.
Received the most nominations of any film at the first Academy Awards ceremony, with five.
The 13th highest grossing silent film, taking in more than $2.5 million at the box office in 1927.
Although it was originally released as a traditional silent film, this movie became one of the first feature films with a recorded soundtrack when the Fox Film Corporation re-released it with a soundtrack utilizing the company’s pioneering Movietone technology.
This sound-on-film innovation had up until that point been used for newsreels and film shorts, and would give new life to this already successful film.
The synced audio track here included a musical score by Erno Rapee as well as select use of sound effects, but no spoken dialog. (Many later silent film productions and re-releases would have dialog scenes dubbed or newly shot in order to capitalize on the sound movie craze.)
The Movietone version of 7th Heaven (1927) was released on September 10, 1927. Warner Bros. breakthrough “talkie” film The Jazz Singer (1927) hit theaters in October of that same year.
Awards and honors
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 1927 | Academy Awards | Outstanding Picture | Fox Film | Nominated |
| Best Director | Frank Borzage | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Janet Gaynor | Won | ||
| Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) | Benjamin Glazer | Won | ||
| Best Art Direction | Harry Oliver | Nominated | ||
| 1928 | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Film | Frank Borzage | Won |
| 1927 | Photoplay Awards | Medal of Honor | William Fox | Won |
| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
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| Screenplay by | Benjamin Glazer |
| Based on | Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong |
| Produced by | William Fox |
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| Edited by | Barney Wolf |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time
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110 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $1.3 million |
| Box office | $2.5 million |
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