Neighbors (1920 film)

Neighbors is a 1920 two-reel silent comedy film co-written, co-directed by, and starring Buster Keaton.

[1] "The Boy" and "the Girl" are young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence.

Each morning the Boy and the Girl exchange love letters through holes in the fence, much to the dismay of their families who insist they stay away from one another.

Determined to rescue his love and with the help of his two groomsmen, the Boy uses trapeze skills to snag the Girl and the two run off together.

They eventually find themselves in the coal shed of a blacksmith who has been ordained as a minister who pronounces them husband and wife.

Neighbors (public domain, full short)