Series: Harold Lloyd Director: Harold Lloyd, Frank Terry Producer: Hal Roach Titles: H.M. Walker Photography: Walter Lundin Editor: Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Margaret Joslin Company: Pathé Exchange Released: 13 July 1919 Length: 1 reel Production No.: L-83 Filming dates: April 8-14, 1919 Rating: 6/10

Just Neighbors

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Harold Lloyd is 'Winkle' and is rushing to the train station to make the last train home but he keeps getting delayed when he keeps bumping into people. When he finally reaches the station to get his ticket he keeps losing his place in the queue as others jump in front of him. Along comes his neighbor Snub who jumps into the queue with Harold, but a fat man objects and pushes them both over with his belly. This gives little Sammy Brooks the opportunity to jump in line. They just make the train on time, pushing the conductor out of the way. Back at home, the two men's wives greet each other over their garden fence as their husbands arrive home shortly afterwards. They go out into their back yards where Harold does some gardening whilst Snub works on his chicken coup. When Harold sees Snub struggling he leaps over the fence to lend a hand but only makes things worse. Snub's wife comes out to see what all the fuss is about and Harold's dog knocks over a basket under which Snub has hidden his two chickens and all hell breaks loose. Snub chases the chickens through Harold's garden, destroying a bush and his window in the process. Harold stops him and points to the trail of destruction and tells Snub to stay in his own garden. The postman arrives to deliver Snub's wife a lavish new hat, which Harold soaks with his garden hose accidentally when he is distracted. Fortunately for us all Margaret Joslin's dress doesn't relate to a wet see-through reveal! Harold then takes to playing a trombone which irritates Snub. The two of them then begin hurling objects at one another in the yard. Then the two women go at it when Snub's wife accuses Harold's dog of stealing her groceries. The fighting is broken up with a young boy comes to tell them all that a baby is sitting in the middle of a road and everybody rushes out to help. All the petty arguing is then forgotten about.

Favourite bit The final scene where, no matter how annoyed people can be with one another, some things are just more important and in an instant how tempers can be difused and petty squabbles can be forgiven.

Trivia • Copyrighted May 24, 1919. • Reissued July 2, 1922. • Glass Character: 81st produced, 67th released. • This was the final 'Glasses Character' short to be produced as a 1-reel film. • Harold and Bebe live at number 1127. • The scene where Snub puts the rake through Harold's window was just so obvious that it made me cringe when I saw it! • The little girl who plays Snub's daughter is Madeline Terry - the daughter of director Frank Terry. My opinion • A Harold Lloyd film where I could watch without falling asleep must be pretty good!

	Harold Lloyd Winkle, the bridegroom
	Bebe Daniels The bride
	Snub Pollard Neighbor
	Margaret Joslin Todd Snub's wife
	Sammy Brooks Short man in queue
	Dee Lampton Fat man in queue
	Marie Mosquini Maid
	Charles Stevenson Postman
	Gus Leonard Station ticket clerk/ Fruit & veg salesman
	Estelle Harrison Woman buying train ticket
	Mark Jones Man in queue
	Jerome LaPlanche Boy who sees baby in road
	Marie Benson Beggar
	Sadie Gordon Pedestrian carrying boxes
	Madeline Terry Snub's daughter
	Noah Young [?]
	Lige Conley [?]
	Joe Mattice [?]
	E.J. Ritter [?]
	Chase Thorne [?]
	Oscar Larson [?]
	Fred Newmeyer [?]
	H.L. O'Connor [?]
	Charles Gannon [?]
	Irene McNeil [?]

UNIDENTIFIED CAST

INTERTITLES (click image to enlarge)

POSTER (click any image to enlarge)

SHOT ON LOCATION (click any image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) Jesse Brisson (information; identification of Marie Benson, Sadie Gordon and Madeline Terry) This page was last updated on: 29 August 2019