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Spite Marriage: Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams. An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan.
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- Comedy
- Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
- 1929-04-06
Spite Marriage is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it to be a "talkie" or full sound film.
Jan 20, 2021 · An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn’t realize is...
- 76 min
Spite Marriage (1929) was the final silent film from Buster Keaton, one of the true geniuses of American cinema. Keaton stars as Elmer, a lowly pants presser who falls in love with a gorgeous actress named Trilby Drew (Dorothy Sebastian).
- Edward Sedgwick
- Buster Keaton
Feb 24, 2023 · Whenever Elmer (Buster Keaton) sees actress Trilby Drew (Dorothy Sebastian), his heart beats wildly, but she only has eyes for her lover, Lionel Benmore (Edward Earle). When Lionel breaks up with Trilby, however, she decides to make him mad by marrying Elmer instead.
Buster Keaton stars in his last silent film as a humble working man in love with a star actress--who marries him after her co-star and fiancé weds another. Alas, the poor groom is the last to learn that his dream wedding is only a Spite Marriage.
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous. Edward Sedgwick. Director. Buster Keaton.
