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The Backyard

1920·22 min·US
Director: Jess Robbins
Comedy

Jimmy Aubrey lets the kids in the alley shoot arrows at him. After he grows tired of this, he treats them like satchels to get them out of his way. A policeman shows up and he is terrified; later, disguised as a policeman, he encounters Oliver Hardy, who is in brutal mode here.

Jimmy Aubrey lets the kids in the alley shoot arrows at him. After he grows tired of this, he treats them like satchels to get them out of his way. A policeman shows up and he is terrified; later, disguised as a policeman, he encounters Oliver Hardy, who is in brutal mode here.

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Cast

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Bum

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Thug - The ruffian

Evelyn Nelson

Evelyn Nelson

Urchin Girl

Jack Ackroyd

Jack Ackroyd

A millionaire

Kathleen Myers

Kathleen Myers

His daughter

Jack Duffy

Jack Duffy

Crew

Jess Robbins

writer

Irving G. Ries

cinematographer

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