Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence. Their families feud over the lovers' relationship, resulting in much mayhem and slapstick. The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tene...
ThisveryKafka-esquefilmisKeaton’sresponsetotheFattyArbucklescandal.[citationneeded]Eventhoughthecentralcharacter’sintentionsaregood,hecannotwin,nomatterhowinventivelyhetries.Hegetsintovariousscrapswithpoliceofficersthroughoutthefilm.Eventually,heunwittinglythrowsabombintoapoliceparadeandendsu...
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes.While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that its an uphill battle.The films title is a metaphor for self-promoting...