Spite Marriage

Mar 24, 1929

1h 16m

★ 6.6

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Elmer

Buster Keaton

Trilby Drew

Dorothy Sebastian

Lionel Benmore

Edward Earle

Ethyl Norcrosse

Leila Hyams

Nussbaum

William Bechtel

Scarzi

Jack Byron

Rumrunner

Joe Bordeaux

The Bellboy

Ray Cooke

Man in Ship's Engine Room

Mike Donlin

Ship Captain

Pat Harmon

Man in Audience Next to Elmer

Sydney Jarvis

Actor as 'Union Officer'

Theodore Lorch

Professional astrologer Huang Ershan lives her life by the rules of the stars. When she learns that her brother is in Korea and is about to marry his astrology incompatible fiancée, she decides to fly straight to Busan to try and cancel the wedding. On the flight there, she meets the fiancée's father, and together they try to break up the marriage.

5.7

Call of the Cuckoo

Oct 15, 1927

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

6.5

Chickens Come Home

Feb 21, 1931

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

6.3

Do Detectives Think?

Nov 20, 1927

An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.

0.0

The Phoney Express

Mar 8, 1926

Silent western comedy starring Charles Puffy

6.4

Duck Soup

Mar 13, 1927

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

6.1

Early to Bed

Oct 6, 1928

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.

6.3

Putting Pants on Philip

Dec 3, 1927

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

6.7

Sailors, Beware!

Sep 25, 1927

A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.

6.2

The Second 100 Years

Oct 8, 1927

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

4.9

Slipping Wives

Apr 3, 1927

Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.

6.6

That's My Wife

Mar 23, 1929

Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pressed into duty (and into drag) to impersonate Oliver's loving spouse.

6.4

Their First Mistake

Nov 5, 1932

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.

7.5

Them Thar Hills

Jul 21, 1934

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

5.6

Thundering Fleas

Jul 18, 1926

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

6.6

Twice Two

Feb 25, 1933

A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.

6.7

Two Tars

Nov 3, 1928

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.