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Enthralled by a glamorous stage player, Elmer Gantry, a humble worker at a dry cleaners, borrows his customer’s fine clothes to visit the theatre and watch her perform. When the tempestuous actress splits from her lover and co-star, she impulsively marries Elmer but almost immediately begins to regret it.
Original Release
03/24/1929
US Release
03/24/1929
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Keaton | Elmer Edgemont / Elmer |
Dorothy Sebastian | Trilby Drew |
Edward Earle | Lionel Benmore |
Leila Hyams | Ethyl Norcrosse |
William Bechtel | Frederick Nussbaum / Nussbaum |
Jack Byron | Giovanni Scarzi / Scarzi |
Joe Bordeaux | Rumrunner |
Ray Cooke | The Bellboy |
Mike Donlin | Man in Ship's Engine Room |
Pat Harmon | Tugboat Captain / Ship Captain |
Directors
Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Writers
Lew Lipton, Ernest Pagano, Robert E. Hopkins
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Keaton | Elmer Edgemont / Elmer |
Dorothy Sebastian | Trilby Drew |
Edward Earle | Lionel Benmore |
Leila Hyams | Ethyl Norcrosse |
William Bechtel | Frederick Nussbaum / Nussbaum |
Jack Byron | Giovanni Scarzi / Scarzi |
Joe Bordeaux | Rumrunner |
Ray Cooke | The Bellboy |
Mike Donlin | Man in Ship's Engine Room |
Pat Harmon | Tugboat Captain / Ship Captain |
Sydney Jarvis | Man in Audience Next to Elmer |
Theodore Lorch | Actor as 'Union Officer' |
Hank Mann | Stage Manager |
Charles Sullivan | Tough Sailor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Buster Keaton | Producer |
Edward Sedgwick | Producer |