Spite Marriage

Mar 24, 1929

1h 16m

★ 6.7

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

Spite Marriage Trailers

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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

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