Seven Days (1925 film)

Seven Days
Seven Days
	Film set with a synthetic New York City skyline in the background
Directed by	Scott Sidney
Written by	Frank Roland Conklin
Based on	"Seven Days"; by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced by	Al Christie
Starring	Lillian Rich; Creighton Hale; Lilyan Tashman;
Cinematography	Alex Phillips; Gilbert Warrenton;
Production; company	Christie Film Company
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation; Gaumont British Distributors (UK);
Release date	August 31, 1925;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Seven Days is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Lillian Rich, Creighton Hale, and Lilyan Tashman.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1909 play Seven Days, which was based upon a story by Mary Roberts Rinehart.^[2]

Plot[edit]

As described in a film magazine reviews,^[3] Jim Wilson’s guests arrive to celebrate with him his first anniversary of his divorce. Bella Wilson, his former wife, is present. Jim is infatuated with Kit Eclair. The butler is stricken with a malady. Fearing its contagion, the servants flee. Aunt Selina, Jim’s moneyed relative, arrives. Jim persuades Kit to pose as his wife because he does not wish Aunt Selina to know that he is divorced. Police announce that the house is quarantined. At bedtime, Aunt Selina supervises sleeping arrangements, putting everybody in the wrong rooms. Jim carries on a flirtation with Bella. Kit is wooed by Tom Harbison, her former lover. Jim re-wins his former wife and explains the humorous situation to Aunt Selina.

Cast[edit]

Lillian Rich as Kit Eclair
Creighton Hale as Jim Wilson
Lilyan Tashman as Bella Wilson
Mabel Julienne Scott as Anne Brown
William Austin as Dal Brown
Hallam Cooley as Tom Harbison
Rosa Gore as Aunt Selina
Tom Wilson as Policeman
Eddie Gribbon as Burglar
Charles Clary as Seer

References[edit]

^ Munden p. 764
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Seven Days at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: Seven Days", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (9), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 55, August 22, 1925, retrieved August 1, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography[edit]

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links[edit]

Seven Days at IMDb
Lobby card at www.gettyimages.com

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[1] Munden p. 764

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Seven Days at silentera.com

[3] "New Pictures: Seven Days", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (9), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 55, August 22, 1925, retrieved August 1, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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