'Just Neighbors' (1919) - Harold Lloyd _ Full Movie (Short Film) _ Silent Film _ Full HD 1080

Synopsis: A married young man with a dog and his married next door neighbor with two young children - the two men who are best friends - are trying to catch the train from the city to their home deep in the suburbs, obstacle after obstacle which is jeopardizing the young man's ability to catch that train. Once home, the young man is hoping to place the plants he is bringing from the city in his glass covered garden bed, while the neighbor is wanting to build a chicken coop for the two chicken he also brought from the city. As the neighbors, along with the wives, children and dog, go about their business, largely in their respective back yards, they all get into one altercation after another which threatens their friendship and good neighbor relationship. Is there anything that can bring their respective relationships back to that of good neighbors? --- Harold Lloyd was one of the great comic stars of the cinema, a genius on a par with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. However, he came from a humble background, and perhaps this was the key to his affinity with “the ordinary man” who does extraordinary things. Lloyd was born in Burchard, Nebraska, on April 20, 1893 and was acting at an early age with theatrical repertory companies. He made his film debut as an extra in a 1913 one-reel film for the Edison Film Company. He became friends with another extra, Hal Roach, and when Roach formed his own film company, he invited Lloyd to join him. Lloyd’s initial comic characterization was a tramp character called Willie Work. After a series of partings over money and subsequent reconciliations, Roach and Lloyd created a new character, called Lonesome Luke, which became popular, despite Lloyd’s dislike of imitating Charlie Chaplin, which the film distributor, Pathé, demanded. Then Lloyd found the idea that was to become his trademark, and change him from a good comedian to a major star: the glasses. Lloyd persuaded Roach and his distributor to abandon Lonesome Luke and in 1917 Lloyd shed grotesque comedy clothes and characterizations for a pair of horn-rimmed glasses. In doing so, Lloyd created an American archetype, an optimistic and determined go-getter sporting spectacles and a toothy smile. Lloyd retained the “Glass Character” (as Lloyd called his comic persona) throughout the rest of his motion picture career, which spanned 34 years and over 200 comedies. Among his most famous films are Grandma's Boy (1922), Safety Last! (1923), The Freshman (1925), The Kid Brother (1927), Speedy (1928), and Movie Crazy (1932). Lloyd married his leading lady, Mildred Davis, in 1923, and the two remained married until her death in 1969. The Lloyds built a magnificent Beverly Hills estate, called Greenacres, and raised three children: Gloria, Peggy, and Harold, Jr. After retiring from films, Lloyd kept busy with various philanthropic activities, vigorously pursued his many hobbies, and raised his granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd. He was elected Imperial Potentate of the Shriners in 1949 and worked tirelessly for the many Shriners’ Hospitals for disabled children. Lloyd was also a prize-winning stereo (3-D) photographer. He produced two compilation films of his earlier work, Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962) and Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life (1963), and was preparing further revivals of his best films before succumbing to cancer on March 8, 1971 at the age of 77. Credit: Public Domain Movie - https://publicdomainmovie.net/