Spite Marriage

"The Scream of the Screen-Buster in a Matrimonial Maelstrom – Buster's Adventure in Married Bliss."

Apr 6 1929 Passed 1h 16m
Comedy

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.

Plot

Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances, he dons someone else's tuxedo and races to the theatre. When Trilby's co-star boyfriend gets engaged to a socialite, she marries Elmer to get even, assuming Elmer is a millionaire (since his clothes are so snazzy.) But she's clearly still in love with her scoundrelous co-star, and her manager makes her leave Elmer, trying to pay him off so the papers don't hear about her marriage to a "cheap pants presser." Can Elmer win her love? Maybe a sea voyage will help.

Written by

Lew Lipton, Ernest Pagano, Robert E. Hopkins

Directed by

Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton

Cast

Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

No Language

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,622
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA