Seventh Heaven (1937)

I love the original 7th Heaven. The story itself is overly sweet, but in the original, the chemistry of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell makes it work. In this version, they do not. I do love James Stewart, but generally that’s for when he’s an American guy next-door, not a Parisian sewer worker. He does look so very young and trustworthy. I gradually warmed a bit to her in this part and some of it might be her accent sticking out amongst the rest of the cast, but Simone Simon’s voice and acting was like that of a whiny child through too much of this.