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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.
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
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.
Jul 23, 2021 · In Spite Marriage, when a fire breaks out on the yacht, everyone, including the cowardly Benmore, flees the ship, leaving it to Buster and Trilby alone, which echoes the plot of The Navigator. From the dawn of his career, Buster played a man buffeted by the winds of fate.
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.
- Edward Sedgwick
- Buster Keaton
Elmer, a pants-presser, falls in love with Trilby Drew, the star of a legitimate show, and attends every performance. Trilby is then jilted by her leading man, Lionel Denmore, and marries Elmer out of spite.
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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.
