The football game sequence was reused by lloyd and director preston sturges in lloyd s last film, the sin of harold diddlebock 1947. Dont miss out on the story of marilyn, the atomic bomb, and the secret mission by the government and how they all tie together. Harold lloyds world of comedy 1962 rotten tomatoes. Our hero lloyd is infatuated with a girl in the next office. He and roach started this with their short films, like.
Harold lloyd produced this anthology from over 100,000 feet of film. He might as well have meant the films central structure itself. Girl shy comedy movie this feature is not available right now. Now, entertainment enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy the work of the man who inspired generations of acting greats with the harold lloyd comedy collection.
Speedy is another harold lloyd silent comedy recently restored in 4k by the folks at the criterion collection for their bluray release. His comedy wasnt imported from vaudeville or the british music hall like his contemporaries, charlie chaplin and buster keaton. Born in buchard, nebraska, usa to elizabeth fraser and j. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era. His ability to climb over,under, and around anything is put to full use here. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, between 1914 and 1947. With harold lloyd, constance cummings, kenneth thomson, louise closser hale. She was picked primarily because lloyd wanted somebody who was exactly the opposite of his previous leading lady, mildred davis, who had by then retired from films to become mrs. The same is true of a man attempting to drive a nail and mashing his finger in the process, or a man with his arms full of bundles attempting to keep his hat from. Harold lloyd, american film comedian who was the highestpaid star of the 1920s and one of cinemas most popular personalities. While harold lloyd s name has all but been forgotten and great films like girl shy and grandmas boy are no longer in the public eye, lloyd s spirit lives on in the movie industry he helped. Girl shy is a 1924 romantic comedy silent film starring harold lloyd and jobyna ralston. Pdf free download the harold lloyd encyclopedia annette m.
Lloyds films are all trademarks andor service marks of harold lloyd entertainment inc. As my final project for my music composition course, i wrote original music to this scene from harold lloyds silent film safety last. His prehistoric past 1914 charlie chaplin duration. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. I thought it would contain one or two of his films in complete form, but was surprised that it is a lot of short segments from various movies, grouped under several headings like surprise, thrills and action. With harold lloyd, mildred davis, roy brooks, mark jones. How nebraska native harold lloyd invented the modern. I havent seen every lloyd film but i have seen a huge amount. After a mixup with application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to hollywood. Harold lloyds world of comedy 1962 stream and watch. Jul 31, 2012 19 1920 harold lloyd haunted spooks nemkino ru. April 20, 1893 march 8, 1971 was an american actor, comedian. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented lloyd s. His screen trademark was an ordinary man in round glasses, and he developed his humor from plot and physical danger.
You must be a full digital subscriber to read this article. Harold is trying to get away from a police officer by. Harold lloyd, ann christy, bert woodruff, babe ruth. Girl shy moviebest comedy entertainment movie youtube. The spectacle of a fat man slipping on an icy sidewalk never fails to get a laugh. It was lloyd s last silent film to be released theatrically the film was written by albert demond titles, john grey story, j.
Feb 14, 2015 the football game sequence was reused by lloyd and director preston sturges in lloyd s last film, the sin of harold diddlebock 1947. The image of harold lloyd hanging desperately from the hands of a skyscraper clock during safety last. These are the known films of harold lloyd 18931971, an american actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies most of these films are known to survive in lloyds personal archive collection, along with various film archives around the world. Nov 16, 2014 girl shy comedy movie this feature is not available right now. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. I really enjoyed them all, theres not a dud in the bunch. The seven discs included in this threevolume set have virtually all of lloyd s 1920s features, most of his talking pictures, and a healthy collection of shorts. Harold lloyd about harold lloyd american masters pbs. With harold lloyd, mildred davis, bill strother, noah young. While at an amusement park, two men try to win the heart of a young lady.
A harold lloyd compilation, and as it were primer, put out by art ross and lloyd himself. An early aerial view of harold lloyd s greenacres estate, mid 1920s. Dec 12, 2008 as my final project for my music composition course, i wrote original music to this scene from harold lloyd s silent film safety last. Laughoutloud funny and jawdropping in equal measure, safety last. Films 10 comments 0 followers 5 this includes both shorts and features. Darcie foxy lloyd who fought constantly and soon divorced at the time a rare event, harold clayton lloyd was nominally educated in denver and san diego high schools and received his stage training at the school of dramatic art san diego. Harold lloyd full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. All feature films and shorts are full frame versions.
Harold lloyd celebrity profile check out the latest harold lloyd photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented lloyd s status as a major figure in early motion pictures. Feet first, movie crazy, and the cats paw are all topnotch comedies and his three films that came after them arent bad either. Upon arriving in hollywood, harold stumbles into a film being. The freshman is widely considered one of lloyd s most. See the full list of harold lloyd s funny side of life cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. April 20, 1893 march 8, 1971 was an american film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies. Harold lloyd has been called the cinemas first man in space. Generally ranked alongside charlie chaplin and buster keaton as one of the masters of comedy during the silent era, harold lloyd created a more conventional personality than his contemporaries with the socalled glasses character, an everoptimistic, constantly striving everyman who thoroughly captured the publics fancy during the 1920s. Speedy is a 1928 american silent comedy film starring comedian harold lloyd in the eponymous leading role.
May 22, 2001 the double life of harold lloyd the greatest comedian of the silent era, harold lloyd was also a passionate 3d photographer, and few hollywood stars of the fifties escaped his double lenses. I first saw the finale of this film in the compilation, harold lloyd s world of comedy, in 1962, in a jampacked 800seat theatre. Harold lloyds funny side of life 1966 cast and crew. A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. The third genius was included with safety last on criterion try to watch this first if you are new to harold lloyd. Harold lloyd was a great comedy star, and this cd is entertaining. Images and movie frame images reproduced courtesy of the harold lloyd trust and harold lloyd entertainment inc. No substitute for watching the full length, original film. Safety last born in buchard, nebraska, usa to elizabeth fraser and j. How nebraska native harold lloyd invented the modern action movie. Harold lloyd s first film with leading lady jobyna ralston. The sin of harold diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by preston sturges, starring the silent film comic icon harold lloyd, and featuring a supporting cast including female protagonist frances ramsden, jimmy conlin, raymond walburn, rudy vallee, arline judge, edgar kennedy, franklin pangborn, j.
The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever. The movie was written by sam taylor, tim whelan and ted wilde and was directed by fred c. He plays a smalltown bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly departmentstore clerk. Ad for a harold lloyd movie that ran in the worldherald in the 1920s. Farrell macdonald, robert dudley, robert greig, lionel stander and jackie the lion.
Harold lloyd, of the neat suits, hornrimmed glasses and the kind of flat straw hat called a boater. Jan 12, 2006 while harold lloyds name has all but been forgotten and great films like girl shy and grandmas boy are no longer in the public eye, lloyds spirit lives on in the movie industry he helped. Laurence anyways directed by xavier dolan watch now. With its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, safety last. The top 20 movies starring harold lloyd flickchart. Harold lloyd, mildred davis, jobyna ralston, adolphe menjou, verree teasdale, josephine. Harold lloyds first film with leading lady jobyna ralston.
It is still good and includes scenes from a later movie with sound. Harold learned to use the camera the way other comics used a bowler hat or a funny walk. These are the known films of harold lloyd 18931971, an american actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies most of these films are known to survive in lloyd s personal archive collection, along with various film archives around the world. The seven discs included in this threevolume set have virtually all of lloyd s 1920s features, most of his talking pictures, and a. Released 1962, harold lloyd s world of comedy stars harold lloyd, jobyna ralston, constance cummings, josephine crowell the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out. As with all of lloyd, this is best seen with an audience, but even on tv its a funny, funny film. Harold lloyd put on his glassesand made film history. It was the funniest, most thrilling thing i had ever seen in movies i. In the case of lloyd, at least as regards to his three precode era films designed for sound, this is dead wrong. Included are 15 foot fountains, a bowling green, a tennis court, the olympic sized pool, a separate lawn for croquet, a 9 hole golf course, riding stables, walking gardens and paths, a working farm for produce and fruit, a large greenhouse, an outdoor theater and pavilion for dancing and. They have done a wonderful job here and speedy makes for an.
My 9 year old son saw the image of harold lloyd hanging from the clock in the scorcese film hugo and wanted to find out which movie it was from. When he hears that his girl is marrying another, he decides to commit suicide and spends. My children aged and 9 both roared with laughter at all of the films that they saw. These were often nearcomplete versions of the early tworeelers, but also included extended sequences from features such as safety last. Lloyd is considered alongside charlie chaplin and buster keaton as one of the most influential film comedians of the silent film era. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor cures, thereby building a reputation. This hilarious compilation illustrates most of lloyd s comic genius in films from 1920 to 1932. The comedy sequences in movie crazy are lloyds strongest since speedy. They compete with each other while attempting to find her runaway dog, and they race to ask her mothers permission to take her up in a hot air balloon. Jun 17, 20 a s a piece of comic architecture, its impeccable, orson welles said of safety last.
Apr 16, 2020 harold lloyd, american film comedian who was the highestpaid star of the 1920s and one of cinemas most popular personalities. Having appeared in more than 200 films and widely considered to be one of cinemas most respected comic geniuses, harold lloyd was one of hollywoods first true movie stars. Howe story, lex neal story and howard emmett rogers story with uncredited assistance from al boasberg and paul gerard smith. Harold speedy swift, a fan of babe ruth and the new york yankees, saves from extinction the citys last horsedrawn trolley, operated by his girlfriends grandfather. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and. The audience roared and roared with laughter and excitement. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures. April 20, 1893 march 8, 1971 was an american actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films. The harold lloyd comedy collection boxed set is the definitive account of one of the silent cinemas greatest comediansand for a time, its most popular star.
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