Spite Marriage

Infobox Film
name = Spite Marriage

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image_size =
caption = Theatrical Poster
director = Edward Sedgwick
Buster Keaton
producer = Buster Keaton
Edward Sedgwick
writer = Story:
Lew Lipton
Titles:
Robert E. Hopkins
narrator =
starring = Buster Keaton
Dorothy Sebastian
Edward Earle
music =
cinematography = Reggie Lanning
editing = Frank Sullivan
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = April 6, 1929
runtime = 80 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles
budget =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0020442

"Spite Marriage" is an American 1929 silent comedy starring Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. Keaton and Edward Sedgwick co-directed.

Plot

Elmer, a humble worker in a dry cleaning establishment, idolizes stage actress Trilby Drew (Sebastian). She, in turn, is carrying a torch for fellow actor Lionel Benmore (Edward Earle). When he spurns her for the younger Ethyl Norcrosse (Leila Hyams), she impulsively asks Elmer to marry her, only to regret it almost immediately. Her handlers extricate her from the marriage, and when Elmer finds himself first in the hands of criminals and then at sea, he is more than happy for the opportunity to forget her. But a series of coincidences throw Elmer and Trilby back together again and she will have cause to re-evaluate her opinion of him.

Cast

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

ee also

* Buster Keaton filmography