Seventh Heaven is an American romantic drama film released in 1937 by 20th Century Fox and directed by Henry King. The movie stars Simone Simon and James Stewart. The film is a remake of the 1927 silent film of the same name, which featured Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in the same roles as Simon and Stewart. Both versions are based on the play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong. Set in a 1914 lower class district of Paris, the film focuses on a content sewer worker named Chico , who is criticized by his fellow citizens for being an atheist. One day, he witnesses a young woman being brutally... beaten by her sister among a crowd for not entertaining a senior wealthy man in her sleazy bar. He sympathizes with the girl, Diane, and stops the fight. Later, Father Chevillon , who is worried about Chico's non-believing thoughts, offers him a deal: he will grant him a street washer job if he takes in Diane and opens his mind about believing in God. Chico agrees, and he prevents Diane's sister from turning Diane in to the police by claiming that she is his wife.
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| Release date: | 1937 |
| Directed by: | Henry King |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Editor: | Barbara McLean |
| Music by: | Cyril J. Mockridge, David Buttolph |
| Cinematography: | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Screenplay by: | Melville Baker |
| Adapted from: | Seventh Heaven |