Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence. Their families feud over the lovers' relationship, resulting in much mayhem and slapstick.The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings. 两位雇农（基顿与罗伯茨饰演）同时爱上了农场主的女儿，为此展开争夺战。两个人住在同一间屋子里，里面有许多神奇的机械装置，譬如将床翻个面掉个个放置就变成了钢琴。基顿在逃跑的过程中伪装成一个稻草人，由此也成为这部短片片名的来由。 本部黑白短片讲述一对儿新婚燕尔的小夫妻，在一个星期里搭建他们的“便携式新房”的温馨小故事。九号礼拜一：他们开始按序号搭建这座“便携式新房”，可惜弄错了号码；十号礼拜二：七扭八歪极具后现代主义的新房初具规模；往后的几天里，在搭建屋内的过程中，更是发生了诸多意想不到的小插曲；十三号礼拜五，他们终于如期完成了房子的搭建，大摆筵席，可是突如其来的风波，又将如何上演，最后是否会是happy ending呢？这对儿小夫妇在与房子的“战争”中，忙得不亦乐乎，发生了一连串妙趣横生的轶事，推荐。 ThisveryKafka-esquefilmisKeaton’sresponsetotheFattyArbucklescandal.[citationneeded]Eventhoughthecentralcharacter’sintentionsaregood,hecannotwin,nomatterhowinventivelyhetries.Hegetsintovariousscrapswithpoliceofficersthroughoutthefilm.Eventually,heunwittinglythrowsabombintoapoliceparadeandendsupbeingchasedbyahordeofcops.Attheendofthefilm,Keaton’scharacterlocksupthecopsinthepolicestation.However,thegirlheistryingtowoodisapprovesofhisbehaviorandgiveshimthecoldshoulder.Therefore,heunlocksthepolicestationandisimmediatelypulledinbythecops.Thefilmendswiththetitle"TheEnd"writtenonatombstonewithKeaton’sporkpiehatproppedonit.OneofKeaton’smosticonicandbrilliantly-constructedshortfilms,Copswasdeemed"culturally,historically,oraestheticallysignificant"bytheUnitedStatesLibraryofCongressandselectedforpreservationintheirNationalFilmRegistryin1997. 
