Spite Marriage
AKA A Romeo in Pyjamas in the United Kingdom
(1929) American
B&W : Seven reels / 7047 feet
Directed by Edward Sedgwick

Cast: Buster Keaton [Elmer], Dorothy Sebastian [Trilby Drew], Edward Earle [Lionel Denmore], Leila Hyams [Ethyle Norcrosse], William Bechtel [Nussbaum], John Byron [Giovanni Scarzi]; Hank Mann, Pat Harmon

Joseph M. Schenck Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Edward Sedgwick. Production supervision by Lawrence Weingarten. Scenario by Richard Schayer, from the adaptation by Ernest S. Pagano of a story by Lew Lipton. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Wardrobe (costume design) by David Cox. Cinematography by Reggie Lanning. Intertitles by Robert Hopkins. Edited by Frank Sullivan. / © 22 April 1929 by Joseph M. Schenck [LP329]. Released 6 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent film at 6500 feet. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positives].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film - Tailors - Theatre

Listing updated: 21 January 2008.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 318; Brownlow-Parade p. 488; Dardis-Keaton pp. 166, 171-172, 173, 174, 176, 189, 230, 256, 273, 293; Kerr-Silent pp. 242, 245, 256; Limbacher-Feature p. 231; Maltin-Selected p. 155; Sinyard-Silent pp. 119, 182.

Home Video: DVD.