Jon Mirsalis on Piano. On the occasion of his twenty-seventh birthday, lawyer Buster Keaton receives word that he will inherit seven million dollars if he marries by seven p.m. that evening. In the course of his day, confidence leads to desperation and finally to panic as his sweetheart rejects him when she learns of the pecuniary nature of his passion and he is reduced to combing the streets, proposing to anyone in skirts, including a Scotsman. An ad in the paper proves that, when it comes to eligible women, it never rains but it pours. 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 the would-be groom pursued into the heart of a rockslide by 500 disappointed brides, sporting a frightening array of makeshift bridal costumes. Be prepared, however, for several racist sight gags of the sort common in many silents and all too many talkies.