Film

Slapstick 2018: Spite Marriage

Director
Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Certificate
PG
Running Time
76 mins

Humble pleb Elmer (Buster Keaton) lusts after stage actress Trilby Drew (Dorothy Sebastian). When she’s spurned by the man she loves, she impulsively marries our boy. Complications ensue.

https://youtu.be/ydRQN_qE6fs

Best known for its scene in which he tries to put his drunken wife to bed, Old Stoneface’s final silent film was originally intended to be a talkie. This Slapstick Festival’s screening is part of its celebration of the centenary of Keaton’s screen debut. It’ll be accompanied live by Guenter A. Buchwald, Frank Bockius and Romano Todesco – collectively The European Silent Screen Virtuosi.

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By robin askew, Thursday, Dec 7 2017

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