Neighbors

Neighbors (1921)

Genres - Comedy, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners, Screwball Comedy  |   Run Time - 18 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur

Buster Keaton stars in the short black-and-white silent comedy The Neighbors, also known as Backyard and Mailbox. The story is basically a variation on Romeo & Juliet set in a regular working-class neighborhood. Keaton falls in love with his neighbor, played by Virginia Fox. Joe Roberts and Joe Keaton play their battling fathers. Their families fight over the fence that separates their buildings. The Neighbors was released in 2000 by Kino Video on the DVD Seven Chances, along with the short The Balloonatic.

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