22 minutes of pure neighborly chaos — silence was never an option.
Song composer Howard Green is frustrated by disturbances his wife, in-laws, and landlord while writing his latest song.
Acting
Edgar Kennedy's slow-burn frustration is timeless comedy gold.
Practical Effects
Every smashed piano and door slam — pure physical chaos, zero CGI.
Director
Harry Sweet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edgar Kennedy became famous for his 'slow burn' — that barely-contained rage you see here became his signature across hundreds of shorts.
Pre-Code Hollywood let comedies get genuinely dark with marital strife; post-1934 Hays Code would have softened Howard's misanthropy into something far more wholesome.
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