Neighbors
About Neighbors
Buster and Virginia live on opposite sides of a fence between tenements. Their families hate each other. The two of them keep crossing anyway. Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play the pair. Joe Roberts and Joe Keaton are the families.
Cast & crew
More about Neighbors
Keaton and Edward F. Cline wrote and co-directed the two-reeler. Joseph M. Schenck produced it. Elgin Lessley photographed it. Metro Pictures released it. Wikidata dates a release of 22 December 1920 and times it at 18 minutes. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Elgin Lessley photographed the fence and the tenement walls the couple use as a route.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The setup is Romeo and Juliet with a fence instead of a balcony.
- Cline also appears in the cast.
- The Internet Archive identifier is Neighbors.
Scenes
- Keaton and Fox keep meeting across the fence while the two households fight.
Also available
- Internet Archive (Neighbors)
