Spite Marriage
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| Spite Marriage | |
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Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick Buster Keaton |
| Produced by | Buster Keaton Edward Sedgwick |
| Written by | Story: Lew Lipton Titles: Robert E. Hopkins |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Dorothy Sebastian Edward Earle |
| Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
| Editing by | Frank Sullivan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 6, 1929 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| IMDb profile | |
Spite Marriage is an American 1929 silent comedy starring Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. Keaton and Edward Sedgwick co-directed.
Elmer (Keaton) is infatuated with Trilby Drew (Sebastian), a theater actress. When her ex-boyfriend marries, she immediately becomes engaged to Elmer -- not because of love, but simply out of spite.
- Buster Keaton as Elmer
- Dorothy Sebastian as Trilby Drew
- Edward Earle as Lionel Benmore
- Leila Hyams as Ethyl Norcrosse
- William Bechtel as Nussbaum
- John Byron as Scarzi
| The films of Buster Keaton |
| Full Lengths |
| Three Ages - Our Hospitality - Sherlock, Jr. - The Navigator - Seven Chances - Go West - Battling Butler - The General - College - Steamboat Bill Jr. - The Cameraman - Spite Marriage - Hollywood Cavalcade - Easy to Wed - In the Good Old Summertime - Excuse My Dust |
| Shorts |
| The Rough House - Convict 13 - One Week - The Scarecrow - Neighbors - The Haunted House - Hard Luck - The High Sign - The Goat - The Playhouse - The Boat - The Paleface - Cops - My Wife's Relations - The Blacksmith - The Frozen North - The Electric House - Daydreams - The Balloonatic - The Love Nest - The Gold Ghost - Allez Oop - One Run Elmer - Tars and Stripes - Grand Slam Opera - Blue Blazes - Mixed Magic - Love Nest on Wheels - Life in Sometown, U.S.A. - Hollywood Handicap - Streamlined Swing - The Railrodder |