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6 April 1929 (USA) morePlot:
Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Pants Presser
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Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian moreCast
(Credited cast) | 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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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). moreGoofs:
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. moreFAQ
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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).