Harold Lloyd fans?

[Dixon Cannon]

Looks like Joe Kennedy, doesn't he. Old Joe must have loved that!! :eusa_doh:

-dixon cannon

 

[Professor]

"Girl Shy"

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[Brian Sheridan]

We saw "Safety Last" on a big screen with an talented organist who improvised to the film. It was great fun and the audience - of all ages - roared with laughter. My wife (who doesn't much like anything black and white let alone silent) thought it was great. Lloyd really knew how to make a film that stood the test of time.

 

[The Wolf]

I always loved Lloyd and also loved Preston Sturges.
They also loved each others work then they did a film together and started to hate each other.:eusa_doh:

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Brooksie]

I too remember seeing the show from the 70's with Harold Lloyd and I loved it! My mom would call out to me and my brother - kids! Harold Lloyd is on!

I would love to see his movies now.

Brooksie

 

[HadleyH]

For me Chaplin, Keaton and Harry Langdon, come first! :eusa_clap


But...Harold Lloyd is without any doubt among the list of best comedians of the silent screen.

Who can forget this still from "Safety Last"(1923), of Lloyd hanging from the hands of the clock, twelve stories above a busy street! That's a fun movie!!!

 

[Professor]

For me Chaplin, Keaton and Harry Langdon, come first! :eusa_clap


But...Harold Lloyd is without any doubt among the list of best comedians of the silent screen.

Who can forget this still from "Safety Last"(1923), of Lloyd hanging from the hands of the clock, twelve stories above a busy street! That's a fun movie!!!

Every time I see that image I remember organist Gaylord Carter telling how when he and Harold were scoring that film he swung into "Time On My Hands" to which Harold commented "Gaylord, I'll do the jokes."

 

[Edward]

YES! The theme, it's coming back now! -

http://www.haroldlloyd.us/index.php?id=32&option=com_content&task=view

Ohhh! I remember that still from the title sequence (Harold's head, surrounded by guns pointing at it...)!

He also enjoyed a second career in photography, with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Page among the models who posed for his cheesecake pix.

Ah, dear, dear Ms Page..... [/sigh]

 

[HadleyH]

Every time I see that image I remember organist Gaylord Carter telling how when he and Harold were scoring that film he swung into "Time On My Hands" to which Harold commented "Gaylord, I'll do the jokes."

TIME ON MY HANDS !!! lol lol lol lol lol

 

[Dixon Cannon]

He also enjoyed a second career in photography, with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Page among the models who posed for his cheesecake pix.

Oddly enough, Harry Langdon's son took up photography and became the go-to man for celebrity portraits and head shots in Hollywood.
http://www.harrylangdon.com/

-dixon cannon

 

[kittypackard]

Absolutely adore Harold. I'm a Chaplin girl first and foremost, with a warm and yummy second-spot for Keaton, but that doesn't mean that Lloyd does not absolutely put me in stitches.

I mean ... STITCHES! I too, like several of you here, think Girl Shy is his best film (I love how Mike Nichols TOTALLY ripped off the final chase scene when he made The Graduate) but The Freshman is the film that just slays me. I remember seeing a screening of The Freshman at the silent movie theatre out here in hollywood and the room was practically unhinged with laughter.

Gotta love the silent clowns, you know? I mean, really, do you think in 90 years people will be rolling in the aisles wirh the Judd Apatow and Tyler Perry movies? Somehow, I think not. And yet the silent clowns like Lloyd can still make you laugh from the gut--
and the heart.

 

[blacklagoon]

When i was a child,BBC 2 use to show all the harold lloyd programmes the bbc had every summer during the holidays.Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy were the only black and white silent era comedian i would stay in for to watch during the morning or afternoons.

 

[deadpandiva]

I just recieved a bunch of Harold LLoyd shorts (including Saftey Last) to wach with my nephew. I am really hoping he will enjoy them.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Turner Classic Movies Lloyd Day - Wednesday, August 5!

Let's get those VCRs and DVRs ready, folks - TCM is showing 24 hours of classic Harold Lloyd flicks tomorrow!

6:00 AM Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
In this silent film, a young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent for a struggling actress. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Gus Leonard. Dir: Hal Roach. C-25 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM From Hand to Mouth (1919)
In this silent film, a young burglar tries to save an heiress from kidnappers. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Snub Pollard. Dir: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach. BW-22 mins, TV-G

7:00 AM Number, Please? (1920)
In this silent short, a young man chases his girlfriend's dog around a seaside resort. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks. Dir: Hal Roach BW-25 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Sailor-Made Man, A (1921)
In this silent film, a feckless young man joins the Navy to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-47 mins, TV-G

8:30 AM Grandma's Boy (1922)
In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-56 mins, TV-G

9:30 AM Dr. Jack (1922)
In this silent film, a naive country doctor fights to save the woman he loves from a crooked specialist. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-60 mins, TV-G

10:30 AM Safety Last! (1923)
In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-73 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM Why Worry? (1923)
In this silent film, a rich hypochondriac on vacation in the tropics gets mixed up with revolutionaries. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-63 mins, TV-G

1:15 PM Girl Shy (1924)
In this silent film, a small-town boy raises a ruckus when he writes a book about how to handle women. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-80 mins, TV-G

2:45 PM Hot Water (1924)
In this silent film, a newlywed husband has in-law problems. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-60 mins, TV-G

3:45 PM Freshman, The (1925)
In this silent film, a naive college boy tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-76 mins, TV-G

5:15 PM For Heaven's Sake (1926)
In this silent film, a millionaire tries to help save souls after he falls for a young mission-worker. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young. Dir: Sam Taylor. BW-58 mins, TV-G

6:15 PM Short Film: Kiddie Revue (1930)
C-14 mins,

6:30 PM Kid Brother, The (1927)
In this silent film, the weakling in a family of he-men tries to prove his mettle. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James. Dir: Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe. BW-82 mins, TV-G

8:00 PM Speedy (1928)
In this silent film, a young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Babe Ruth. Dir: Ted Wilde. BW-86 mins, TV-G

9:30 PM Welcome Danger (1929)
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young Dir: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair. BW-115 mins, TV-G

11:30 PM Feet First (1930)
A shoe salesman's involvement with a band of crooks leaves him dangling from the side of a tall building. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Barbara Kent. Dir: Clyde Bruckman. BW-91 mins, TV-G


1:11 AM Short Film: Harold Lloyd Biography (1962)
BW-3 mins,

1:15 AM Movie Crazy (1932)
A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson. Dir: Clyde Bruckman. BW-96 mins, TV-G

3:00 AM Milky Way, The (1936)
A mild-mannered milkman stumbles onto a career in the boxing ring. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-88 mins, TV-G

4:30 AM Sin Of Harold Diddlebock, The (1947)
When he loses his job, a middle-aged bookkeeper goes out on the town. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-90 mins, TV-G

 

[Blackthorn]

You beat me to it, Dr Strange!

I was just getting on here to let everyone know. Good job! I've never seen any of his movies, so I'm in for a treat.

 

[Lulu-in-Ny]

We saw "Safety Last" on a big screen with an talented organist who improvised to the film. It was great fun and the audience - of all ages - roared with laughter.

When was this? My friends and I saw this in an old Schenectady in May of '08. The organist told great stories afterward, and a lovely time was had by all. Perhaps it was the same guy?

 

[kittypackard]

Let's get those VCRs and DVRs ready, folks - TCM is showing 24 hours of classic Harold Lloyd flicks tomorrow!

6:00 AM Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
In this silent film, a young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent for a struggling actress. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Gus Leonard. Dir: Hal Roach. C-25 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM From Hand to Mouth (1919)
In this silent film, a young burglar tries to save an heiress from kidnappers. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Snub Pollard. Dir: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach. BW-22 mins, TV-G

7:00 AM Number, Please? (1920)
In this silent short, a young man chases his girlfriend's dog around a seaside resort. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks. Dir: Hal Roach BW-25 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Sailor-Made Man, A (1921)
In this silent film, a feckless young man joins the Navy to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-47 mins, TV-G

8:30 AM Grandma's Boy (1922)
In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-56 mins, TV-G

9:30 AM Dr. Jack (1922)
In this silent film, a naive country doctor fights to save the woman he loves from a crooked specialist. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-60 mins, TV-G

10:30 AM Safety Last! (1923)
In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-73 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM Why Worry? (1923)
In this silent film, a rich hypochondriac on vacation in the tropics gets mixed up with revolutionaries. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-63 mins, TV-G

1:15 PM Girl Shy (1924)
In this silent film, a small-town boy raises a ruckus when he writes a book about how to handle women. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-80 mins, TV-G

2:45 PM Hot Water (1924)
In this silent film, a newlywed husband has in-law problems. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-60 mins, TV-G

3:45 PM Freshman, The (1925)
In this silent film, a naive college boy tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-76 mins, TV-G

5:15 PM For Heaven's Sake (1926)
In this silent film, a millionaire tries to help save souls after he falls for a young mission-worker. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young. Dir: Sam Taylor. BW-58 mins, TV-G

6:15 PM Short Film: Kiddie Revue (1930)
C-14 mins,

6:30 PM Kid Brother, The (1927)
In this silent film, the weakling in a family of he-men tries to prove his mettle. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James. Dir: Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe. BW-82 mins, TV-G

8:00 PM Speedy (1928)
In this silent film, a young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Babe Ruth. Dir: Ted Wilde. BW-86 mins, TV-G

9:30 PM Welcome Danger (1929)
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young Dir: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair. BW-115 mins, TV-G

11:30 PM Feet First (1930)
A shoe salesman's involvement with a band of crooks leaves him dangling from the side of a tall building. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Barbara Kent. Dir: Clyde Bruckman. BW-91 mins, TV-G


1:11 AM Short Film: Harold Lloyd Biography (1962)
BW-3 mins,

1:15 AM Movie Crazy (1932)
A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson. Dir: Clyde Bruckman. BW-96 mins, TV-G

3:00 AM Milky Way, The (1936)
A mild-mannered milkman stumbles onto a career in the boxing ring. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-88 mins, TV-G

4:30 AM Sin Of Harold Diddlebock, The (1947)
When he loses his job, a middle-aged bookkeeper goes out on the town. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-90 mins, TV-G

Mine is already set! Very excited about this!

 

[DanielJones]

"It smells like Rain."

Man what a line up of films! Got to watch Speedy while on the treadmill at the gym, then came home & launched right into Welcome Danger. Movie Crazy is starting right now. What fun! Even our ten year old son got a kick out of these films. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap What can I say? The kid's got good taste.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Don't know about the eye but I know he wore a prosthetic glove because an accident with a prop bomb that resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger of his right hand in 1919. Sometimes you kind of can see the glove though he does his best to hide it.

Right - I don't find anything mention blindness or a sight impairment of any kind, but although he took strides to cover it up in filming, as well as publicity photos he was missing the right thumb and forefinger due to a prop accident.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

It amazes me how wonderful and crisp the TCM prints of the early films like "The Freshman" were, especially when compared to the rather crummy print they have of 1947's "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock."

I looked at IMDb while watching "Welcome Danger" (1929) and discovered that Harold's co-star, Barbara Kent is still living at age 102.