A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
"A Comedy with a Heart of Gold"
The horse-woman gag, and somehow not the stunt work, is what made me finally accept that Keaton > Chaplin...
Buster Keaton is the young "Willie McKay" who is returning home to his Appalachian home when he meets and immediately takes a shine to "Virginia Canfield" (Natalie Talmadge). Now these surnames make an huge difference to their chances of any relationship. Like the "Montague" and "Capulet" families of old, there is a vendetta that's been running for generations and that isn't going to end because these two fall in love. Indeed, when he visits their home, he discovers that the "Canfield" family have taken quite a drastic vow that could put an end to poor old "Willie" altogether! His saving grace...