SPOILERS Using the name "elmer" once again, Keaton carries the full length "Spite Marriage". And being a silent, he makes use of the sound effects, mixed in with the tailored music that helps us figure out what's going on. The plot goes all over the place... elmer starts out by watching "Trilby Drew" (Dorothy Sebastian) night after night in a theater performance. In Forrest Gump style, he manages to get himself in the play, and mucks it all up. Then he ends up shipping out with the rumrunners, and magically meets up with Trilby on her family yacht. Crazy things happen, mostly caused by elmer himself, but then he saves the day, and they live happily ever after. My question is.... everything he does at the end to become the hero requires agility, smarts, strength... where were those qualities ten minutes before when he was CAUSING all this trouble?? I know, it's only a movie. Let it go. enjoy the show. This was the first of three films Sebastian would make with B. Keaton. Sebastian died quite young from cancer, but has an interesting story at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Sebastian . Excellent silent film. I really enjoyed how the sound effects really work together with Keaton's actions... like whenever he almost cuts off an ear, you hear a little tiny sound chirp. Directed by Ed Sedgwick... he and Keaton ended up making 14 films together.
Review of Spite Marriage
