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7.3/10   525 votes
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Director:
Edward Sedgwick
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Writers:
Robert E. Hopkins (titles)
Lew Lipton (story)
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Release Date:
6 April 1929 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances... more | add synopsis
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Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian more

Cast

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Buster Keaton ... Elmer Gantry
Dorothy Sebastian ... Trilby Drew
Edward Earle ... Lionel Benmore
Leila Hyams ... Ethyl Norcrosse
William Bechtel ... Nussbaum
Jack Byron ... Scarzi (as John Byron)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene in which Buster Keaton puts his inebriated bride to bed was later performed on stage by Keaton and his third wife Eleanor. It is also re-enacted in The Buster Keaton Story (1957). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the dressing-room scene while attempting to trim the hair for his false beard, Elmer accidentally severs the left-hand shoulder strap of his vest and has no time to repair it. When we see him hurriedly changing back into his smart clothes after the performance, both straps are still whole. more
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Featured in So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) (TV) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian, 26 December 2005
10/10
Author: drednm

Slow to start, but Spite Marriage (Keaton's final silent film) builds to an exciting and funny finale.

Buster plays a pants presser who falls for a local stage actress (Dorothy Sebastian). He sees the play so many times he has it memorized and gets a chance to replace an actor who is wanted by the cops. Many funny bits as Buster makes a shambles of the play.

To get even with her leading man (Edward Earle) who is seeing a snappy blonde (Leila Hyams), Sebastian marries Buster. They run into the actor and his new bride and Sebastian gets soused and thrown out of the restaurant. Back in their room Buster has a hard time getting Dorothy up on the bed (hilarious scene).

Through a series of plot twists Buster ends up on a yacht (with Sebastian) and runs into all manner of comedy situations.

Keaton is in top form and Dorothy Sebastian has what is probably her most memorable film role. They make quite a pair (and yes they were lovers at this point).

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