Neighborhood in the Klinch

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Movie
German title Neighborhood in Klinch
Buster Keaton loses its pants
Original title Neighbors
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1920
length 18 minutes
Rod
Director Edward F. Cline ,
Buster Keaton
script Edward F. Cline,
Buster Keaton
production Joseph M. Schenck
camera Elgin Lessley
occupation

Neighborhood in Klinch (Original title: Neighbors ; Alternative title: Buster Keaton loses pants ) is an American short film - slapstick - comedy from 1920 with Buster Keaton in the title role, which is also shared with Edward F. Cline responsible for script and direction was.

action

In this variation of Pyramus and Thisbe , Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers. The two lovers live directly across from each other, only separated by a courtyard with a wooden fence through which they slice messages. Everything could be fine. But their two families are enemies with each other. The girl's father in particular does not believe in the connection. There is an argument between the boy and the girl's father, which comes to a head and also involves the police and the boy's father. Only in court can the dispute be settled by the justice of the peace and the marriage is decided. During the wedding ceremony, however, the girl's father notices that the wedding ring the boy bought came from the bargain store, whereupon he angrily cancels the ceremony and drags his daughter home. In order to be happy together, the boy kidnaps the girl. While on the run, the two of them run into the justice of the peace, who finally completes the wedding ceremony.

background

In this film, Buster Keaton performs some dangerous stunts. In one scene, the lovers are carried through the air by their friends in an acrobatic masterly act so that they can escape the girl's father. These friends were played by the vaudeville acrobat troupe of The Flying Escalantes .

Buster Keaton's father Joe also plays his father in this film.

premiere

Neighborhood in Klinch premiered in the United States on December 22, 1920. The film had its German premiere on September 7, 1925 under the title Buster Keaton loses the pants .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Hanisch: About them laugh (t) en millions , Henschelverlag, Berlin, 1976, p. 207