“Seventh Heaven”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 23 (Supplement)

“Seventh Heaven”

TRIUMPH OF CHARACTERISATION Janet Gay nor as Diane ALL Auckland is awaiting “Seventh Heaven.” The pictorial version is said to be even more impressive than the dramatic version. “Seventh Heaven” is Janet Gaynor’s triumph. As a matter of fact it is a triumph for the youthful screen artist. The success of Charles Farrell, .who plays opposite, is described as equally marked.

“Seventh Heaven” is the story of two of the lowest types of Parisians, a worker in the sewers of Paris and a waif of the Paris streets.

But because of the glorious doctrine of courage which it preaches and

the marvellous things it does to both of their characters, it has been called one of the greatest and one of the most beautiful love stories ever written.

The play created a sensation when produced for a record run on Broadway, and the picture is surpassing the reputation established by the play. Besides the two principals the cast includes Ben Bard, David Butler, Albert Gran, Gladys Brockwell, George Stone, Emile Chautard, Marie Mosquini and Brandon Hurst.

A new star was discovered with the showing of Frank Borzage’s version of “Seventh Heaven,” for Fox Films. And that star is Janet Gaynor. So unexpected is her great and wistful loveliness and with such sympathy and understanding does she play her role of Diane, the Paris street waif, that she completely captivates the hearts of her audience.

Sweetly demure, fearfully defiant or gloriously smiling through her tears in each and every mood she is equally beautiful and lovable.

But not only Janet Gaynor. Charles Farrell, too, is a new star who comes into being with this production. He is Chico, that “very remarkable fellow,” as he says of himself, who leads the little waif from the streets to the “Seventh Heaven.”