The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

SEVENTH HEAVEN

Seventh heaven: translation

Produced by John Golden atBooth Theatre, this three-actAustin Strongdrama was a major hit despite complaints regarding its sentimentality. Opening on 30 October 1922,Seventh Heavenran for a phenomenal 704 performances. Helen Menken, whose touching performance was admired by critics, played Diane, a street urchin saved from prostitution by Chico, a street sweeper. He falls in love with Diane and takes her to his seventh-floor garret that becomes their "seventh heaven." Deeply in love, Diane and Chico are parted when he is sent to war. When Diane learns that Chico has been killed, she despondently falls into the arms of another man, Brissac. However, a blinded Chico returns and cannot see Brissac, so he and Diane are reunited. The play was as successful on tour as on Broadway, and Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell starred in a hugely popular 1927 motion picture version, remade in 1937 with Simone Simon and James Stewart. A 1955 Broadway musical adaptation failed.

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  2. seventh heaven—seventh heaven translationn. phr. literary The pinnacle of happiness. We were in seventh heaven when the helicopter flew us over the magnificent Grand Canyon....Dictionary of American idioms
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  4. seventh heaven—верх блаженства...Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь
  5. seventh heaven—верх блаженства in the seventh heaven на седьмом небе...Англо-русский словарь общей лексики
  6. seventh heaven—верх блаженства...Англо-русский словарь редакция bed
  7. seventh heaven—[sevnhevn]седьмое небо верх блаженстваshe was in the seventh heaven with her new washing machine она была в восторге на седьмом небе от своей новой стиральной машины...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
  8. seventh heaven—seventh heaven [sevnhevn] седьмое небо верх блаженства she was in the with her new washing machine она была в восторге на седьмом небе от своей новой стиральной машины...Новый большой англо-русский словарь II
  9. seventh heaven—sevnhevn седьмое небо верх блаженства she was in the with her new washing machine она была в восторге на седьмом небе от своей новой стиральной машины...Новый большой англо-русский словарь под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна