Seven Days' Leave (1930)
There is no boy and girl romance in "Seven Days' Leave," no vamps and no clinches. There is a singularly beautiful romance in the true meaning of the word — a love story that touches the heart.
A lonely little charwoman, whom the frowsy women ostracize because she has no son at war, invents one through blind patriotism and a desire to "belong." The boy unexpectedly materializes. The original play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals," has not been butchered into a routine flicker, and no one tries to sell a theme song. Barrie's human characters are retained. Beryl Mercer, great character actress, is superb in the role she created in the theater. Gary Cooper's characterization of the boy is a signal achievement for him in a new field. All Talkie.
Photoplay February 1930
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , February 1930
Photoplay , February 1930
Books with substantial mentioning of Seven Days' Leave
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Homer Dickens The Films of Gary Cooper Secaucus, NJ, 1970 |
