Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-07-17
SEVEN CHANCES"
HAS 700 BRIDES
Solemn Faced Comedian Makes Big
Picture From Belasco Play.

placed his business in precarious
position by his donations to every
charity that has applied for funds.
His partner, supposing there is
plenty of money, has cashed bad
check, and faces criminal punishment.
Into this situation walks lawyer
with the announcement that Busters
eccentric grandfather has died leav-
ing him $7,000,00O00 with the proviso
that he is married by z O'Clock on
the evening of his 9th birthday 1t
so happens that this is the morning
of Busters 9th birthday, and to get
the money he must be married by Z
o'clock that evening.
the girl he wants to marry. He gets
into his car and goes to her house
where he proposes and is accepted.
Then he says he is glad she accepted
him because otherwise he would have
lost the seven million. She walks
out on him because she thinks he is
marrying her merely to get his
money.
Buster returns to his office down
cast. The partner insists that he must
marry someone to save him from go
ing to Jail and to save the firm. The
girl, in the meanwhile, telephones to
the office at time when the partner
is trying to talk Buster into marry
ing. The partner takes down the
phone and sets it on the desk while
he continues to argue with Buster.
The girl overhears enough to con-
vince her that Buster loves her and
is being forced into a marriage with
another girl to save the partner
Buster and the partner leave the
office with the lawyer to try and
find another girl. The girl cannot
get the office because the telephone
| is down so she sends a note by mes
senger to tell Buster that she is wait
ing for him and will marry him.
Buster, his partner and the lawyer
go to the country club where Buster
proposes to every girl he meets until
one finally accepts him. Before this
girl accepts, the partner has given
up the country club as hopeless and
gone with the lawyer to newspaper
office where he causes to be publish
ed picture of Buster and story,
to the effect that he will marry any
girl who is at the Grand Street
Church by 5 O'Clock in a bridal outfit.
Buster, in the meanwhile has made
arrangements for the girl who &C
copied him to be at the same church
at the same hour. Buster arrives and
when the girl shows up he is ready
to marry, but the deadly work of the
newspaper story and picture has sent
looking for a husband with seven
million dollars.
The crowd becomes SO great that
Buster has hundreds of brides instead
of one on his hands and cannot
marry anyone of them. During the
struggle the messenger from the girl
arrives and gets him. Buster is now
confronted with the problem of get
ting out of the church and away
from the mass of brides to reach his
girl. Not only must he reach her
but he must marry her before seven.
Telling the messenger to get minis
ter and take him by taxi to the girls
home, he escapes from the church
and starts for the girl.
From that point on until the hair
raising and surprising finish of the
picture, Buster is in one tangle of
brides after another, each new gath
ering of girls stopping him from
reaching his true destination with
the time always growing closer and
closer to the fatal O'clock.
The title of the above synopsis is
'Seven Chances and will be shown
at the Bever-Lee Theatre tomorrow
Saturday evening at Z and 8
O'Clock.