The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward SedgwickDirector
- Fritz StahlbergOriginal Music Composer
- Buster KeatonDirector
Cast
- Buster KeatonElmer
- Dorothy SebastianTrilby Drew
- Edward EarleLionel Benmore
- Leila HyamsEthyl Norcrosse
- William BechtelNussbaum
- Jack ByronScarzi
- Joe BordeauxRumrunner
- Ray CookeThe Bellboy
- Mike DonlinMan in Ship's Engine Room
- Pat HarmonShip Captain
- Sydney JarvisMan in Audience Next to Elmer
- Theodore LorchActor as 'Union Officer'
Stills
Themes
boatmarried couplemarriagerivalrybackstageslapstick comedycontractclass differencessilent filmbuster keatonspitetheater