This Buster Keaton short has some outstanding and breathtaking stunts. You have to see it to believe it.
Buster is in love with his neighbour. They send notes through a hole in the fence. Their respective fathers disapprove of the romance.
Buster is determined to marry his girl even though he goes through a series of mishaps involving both families and the police.
The plot itself is frothy and silly. Buster constantly gets detained by a policeman and then escapes. At one point he is blacked up when escorted by a policeman and then runs away for the policeman to arrest a black man who walks past.
Given that this short was made in 1920. This is still the early days of cinema. Some of the physical acrobatic stuff Buster does is impressive, including three men standing on top of each other which happens at the end. A few times I had to rewind it and watch it again.
Buster is in love with his neighbour. They send notes through a hole in the fence. Their respective fathers disapprove of the romance.
Buster is determined to marry his girl even though he goes through a series of mishaps involving both families and the police.
The plot itself is frothy and silly. Buster constantly gets detained by a policeman and then escapes. At one point he is blacked up when escorted by a policeman and then runs away for the policeman to arrest a black man who walks past.
Given that this short was made in 1920. This is still the early days of cinema. Some of the physical acrobatic stuff Buster does is impressive, including three men standing on top of each other which happens at the end. A few times I had to rewind it and watch it again.