Broadway Play
Seventh Heaven was based on one of the most popular Broadway plays of the 1920s. A 1922 production that ran at Booth Theatre from October 30, 1922 to July 1924 for a total of 704 performances. The leads were played by George Gaul("Chico") and Helen Menken ("Diane"). Also in the cast of the play was Frank Morgan.
Read more about this topic: Seventh Heaven (1927 film)
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