Spite Marriage (1929)
- Directed by
- Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 64 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man falls for an actress and ends up marrying her on a whim. He tries to win her over with clumsy stunts and physical comedy.
lightheartedslapstickplayfulfreneticabsurdnostalgicgentle
What happens
Spite Marriage is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it to be a "talkie" or full sound film. While the production has no recorded dialogue, it does feature an accompanying synchronized score and recorded laughter, applause, and other sound effects. Keaton later wrote gags for some up-and-coming MGM stars like Red Skelton, and recycled many gags from Spite Marriage, some shot-for-shot, for Skelton's 1943 film I Dood It. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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