Ex Marks the Spot (1940) 

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In order to get out of paying alimony, Buster Keaton allows his ex and her new boyfriend to move into his home but all hell breaks loose. This here's another Columbia short that manages to get a few laughs but there's not too many here and this is certainly far from Keaton's classic work. This film (and the previous one) were directed by Jules White, which might explain the Three Stooges like humor that just doesn't work with the silent legend.

Available in Columbia's Buster Keaton set.

Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.

Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, and Dorothy Appleby in His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)

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