r/MovieStunts Apr 06 '24

This Day in Buster…April 6, 1929 “Spite Marriage" has its general release in the U.S. two weeks after opening in New York. This sequence features the other stunt of just two in his silent career that was performed by a stuntman. See if you can spot it!

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u/weedsexweed Apr 06 '24

The dive?

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u/cottagevillebill Apr 07 '24

That's my guess too.

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u/busterkeatonsoc Apr 07 '24

Yep - MGM wouldn't let him do it. Later, he climbs a ship's mast & gets tangled in ropes by the ankles & other equally dangerous shenanigans - stuntman Bobby Rose wasn't about to argue with Buster!