Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage

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

1929•1h 16m•6.7/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(59)

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.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Elmer

Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy Sebastian

Trilby Drew

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Lionel Benmore

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Ethyl Norcrosse

William Bechtel

Nussbaum

Jack Byron

Scarzi

Joe Bordeaux

Rumrunner

Ray Cooke

The Bellboy

Mike Donlin

Mike Donlin

Man in Ship's Engine Room

Pat Harmon

Pat Harmon

Ship Captain

Sydney Jarvis

Sydney Jarvis

Man in Audience Next to Elmer

Theodore Lorch

Theodore Lorch

Actor as 'Union Officer'

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Stage Manager

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Tough Sailor

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