On the occasion of his 27th birthday, lawyer Buster Keaton receives word that he will inherit 7 million dollars if he marries by 7 p.m. that evening. In the course of his day, confidence leads to desperation and finally to panic as the would-be groom discovers that, when it comes to eligible women, it never rains but it pours. His own sweetheart rejects him when she learns of the pecuniary nature of his passion, seven girls at the country club deal him embarrassing rejections, and he is reduced to combing the streets, proposing to anyone in skirts, including a Scotsman. But an ad in the paper proves that, sight unseen, Buster is able to attract no fewer than 500 interested brides of every age and size, who converge on the church dressed in a frightening array of makeshift bridal costumes. Based on a play bought for Keaton without his consent, Seven Chances ranked relatively low in his own estimation; he called it “the type of unbelievable farce I don't like.” But Keaton and his writers turned the material into a very funny collection of gags that are obviously their own, culminating in a chase scene that finds our bachelor lawyer pursued by 500 disappointed brides into the heart of a rockslide. Be prepared, however, for several racist sight gags of the sort common in many silents and all too many talkies.