1920SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
SILENT COMEDY SHORT
WITH BUSTER KEATON & VIRGINIA FOX.
TWO TENEMENT LOVERS ARE SEPARATED BY A TALL BACKYARD FENCE WHICH BUSTER KEATON WORKS INGENIOUSLY TO OVERCOME. TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, THE PATENT FLY-SWATTER, COURT DECISION, WEDDING DAY.
WITH BUSTER KEATON & VIRGINIA FOX.
TWO TENEMENT LOVERS ARE SEPARATED BY A TALL BACKYARD FENCE WHICH BUSTER KEATON WORKS INGENIOUSLY TO OVERCOME. TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, THE PATENT FLY-SWATTER, COURT DECISION, WEDDING DAY.
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EST SHOT OF ALLEY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS. WASH HANGS BETWEEN BUILDINGS. FENCE SEPARATES THE ALLEY. BUSTER ON ONE SIDE. WOMAN ON THE OTHER.
LOVE SICK. NOTE PASSED THROUGH HOLE IN FENCE. CU NOTE: I LOVE YOU. WOMAN IS SHY. WRITER NOTE. MOTHER SURPRISED. PASSES NOTE THROUGH FENCE TO WOMAN. CU NOTE: I LOVE YOU 2. HAPPY. KISSING NOTE. FATHER TAKES NOTE. ANGRY. BUSTER DROPS HAT. MOTHER PUSHES HIM. LOOKS THROUGH HOLE. MAN SMOKING PIPE. FATHER SHOVES NOTE THROUGH FENCE. MAN GRABS IT. FIGHTS WITH WIFE. NOTE PASSED BACK. WIFE GRABS NOTE. BOTH SETS OF PARENTS FIGHT. |
| 00:02:07 127 |
WOMAN RUNS UP FLIGHT OF STAIRS. LS WOMAN AT WINDOW CALLING OUT. BUSTER CROSSES INTO NEIGHBOR'S YARD, CLIMBS UP TO WOMAN'S WINDOW.
HUG. FATHER CLIMBS STAIRS. JUMPS OUT WINDOW, SLIDES ACROSS CLOTHESLINE INTO BUILDING. SLIDES DOWN BANISTERS. SLIDES ACROSS CLOTHES LINE. CRASHES INTO FATHER. PUSHES BUSTER OUT WINDOW. CLOTHES PINS BUSTER'S FEET TO LINE. MAN BEATS RUG ON LINE. CLOTHES LINE PULLED. BUSTER PASSES RUG. MAN HITS BUSTER FLIPS OVER LINE, KNOCKS MAN DOWN. CU MAN LAUGHING. MAN FREES BUSTER. FALLS IN BARREL FULL OF WATER. MAN BREAKS BARREL FREEING BUSTER. CU MAN LAUGHING. BUSTER'S HEAD STUCK IN GROUND. KICKING FEET IN AIR. SCRATCHING HEAD. GETS PICK AX. PREPARES TO DIG. CHANGES MIND. PULLS BUSTER FREE AFTER STRUGGLE. CU MUDDY FACE. GRABS BROWN. HITS MAN OVER FENCE WITH BROOM. COP POLICEMAN SITS ON GROUND. CU MUDDY FACE. COP CHASES BUSTER. WASHING FACE. LAUNDRY. |
| 00:05:02 302 |
COP RUNS AFTER BLACK MAN. UNDER ARREST. KIDS PLAYING. COP YELLS AT KIDS. GRABS OTHER COP.
BLACK MAN ESCAPES. MOTHER WITH LAUNDRY. MAN PAINTING HOUSE. THROWS LAUNDRY AT PAINTER. PAINTER KICKS BUCKET OFF SCAFFOLD. BUCKET LANDS ON BUSTER'S HEAD. BLACK PAINT ON FACE. COP GRABS BUSTER. WALKS INTO TELEPHONE POLE. SMILING BLACK MAN LOOKING OVER FENCE. POLICE CALL BOX. CU BUSTER. FACE HALF BLACK-HALF WHITE. COP CONFUSED. RUNS. ANOTHER COP. DANCES. GRABS BUSTER. LS BASEBALL GAME. PEEKS THROUGH FENCE. BASEBALL HITS COP IN HEAD. UNCONSCIOUS. LOOKS THROUGH FENCE. ANOTHER COP. STREET MARKET. TAKES A BANANA. THROWS PEEL IN FRONT OF COP. TRIPS. SLIPS ON BANANA PEEL. HIDES IN WOMAN'S CART. COP TRIPS AGAIN. |
| 00:07:40 460 |
BLACK FAMILY SITS ON PORCH. WOMAN ARRIVES WITH CART. SHEET RISES FROM BASKET. CU OF BLACK WOMAN, SCARED. BLACK FAMILY RUNS. BUSTER REMOVES SHEET. CLEANS FACE. HAMMERING. GATE OPENS, HITS BOARD, SLAPS PERSON IN BUTT, REAR END, BEHIND. KICKS MAN IN CHAIR. HITS MAN IN HEAD WITH HAMMER. STRETCHES. YAWNS. PROVOKES.
JUMPS FENCE. HIT IN HEAD WITH GARBAGE CAN LID. THROUGH GATE. SMACKED BY BOARD. BUSTER JUMPS FENCE. FATHER COMES OUT HOLDING PIECE OF WOOD. COP ON OTHER SIDE OF FENCE. THROUGH GATE. BOARD HITS BOTH COP AND OTHER MAN. BOOBY TRAP. COP FALLS THROUGH WINDOW. CU BOARD ON FENCE. LOOKS LIKE SEE-SAW. BUSTER SITS ON FENCE. GRABS BOARD. FLIPS HIS FATHER TO OTHER SIDE OF FENCE. COP CHASES BUSTER INTO HOUSE. REMOVES SHEET FROM BED. CU LITTER OF KITTENS. COPS ARREST FATHER. |
| 00:09:55 595 |
LOOKS OVER FENCE. STARES AT SHADOW ON GROUND.
LOOKS UP. BUSTER SITS ON TELEPHONE POLE. COP THROWS ROCKS AT BUSTER. SLIDES DOWN PHONE WIRE. COP LEADS HIM TO PADDY WAGON. ARRESTED. JUDGE'S STAND IN COURT. FAMILIES ARGUING. JUDGE HITS BUSTER WITH GAVEL. CU PLEADING WOMAN. COUPLE HUGS. KISS |
| 00:12:04 724 |
WEDDING GUESTS. WEDDING PRESENTS. MEN WITH CLUBS BEHIND THEIR BACKS. BRIDE WAITS. GROOM GETTING READY. CU SUSPENDERS TEAR BUTTONS OUT OF PANTS.
GETTING DRESSED. LOOSE PANTS. WALKS, THEN FALLS DOWN STAIRS. CLOTHESPINS HIS PANTS TO SHIRT. GREETS GUESTS. PANTS FALL DOWN. BRIDE HAPPY. MEETS GROOM. BASHFUL. PANTS FALL DOWN. WEDDING CEREMONY. TAKES PRIEST'S BELT. PRIEST'S PANTS FALL DOWN. TAKES BELT BACK. GROUP SITS AND STANDS. GROOM PADLOCKS HIS PANTS TO SHIRT. |
| 00:15:18 918 |
CU OF HAND HOLDING RING. DISSOLVE: ACME 5 & 10, FIVE AND TEN CENTS, FIVE AND DIME STORE.
CU HAND CRUSHING RING. FATHER TAKES BRIDE HOME. MOTHER LOCKS GROOM IN ROOM. BRIDE AND GROOM SHOUT TO EACH OTHER FROM WINDOW. LS THREE WINDOWS IN A LINE WITH MEN LOOKING OUT FROM THEM. SECOND AND THIRD MAN GET ON FIRST MAN'S SHOULDERS. CROSS ALLEY TO ENTER OPPOSITE WINDOWS. GETS TRUNK AND BRIDE. RUN FROM PARENTS. FRIEND HIT BY SCAFFOLD. FRIEND FALLS DOWN MANHOLE. GROOM AND BRIDE FALL INTO BOILER ROOM THE END |
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