The Backyard is a 1920 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. The short film was made by Vitagraph Studios and preserved in 2018 by the Library of Congress, with a new musical score by Ben Model.
Plot
A man lets a group of children shoot arrows at him in an alley game of William Tell. When he tires of being their target, the man separates the children roughly. There is a police chase. Later, dressed as a policeman, the man is asked to stop a "ruffian" who is being mean to a young girl; the ruffian is instead hit by a car. Cast Jimmy Aubrey as The man Oliver Hardy as The ruffian (as Babe Hardy) Jack Ackroyd as A millionaire Kathleen Myers as His daughter Evelyn Nelson as His daughter
See also List of American films of 1920
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