World of Comedy
Highlights from a number of Harold Lloyd's films include short sequences from Safety Last (1923), in which Lloyd hangs from the hands of a large clock on the side of a city building, and The Freshman…
World of Comedy
Highlights from a number of Harold Lloyd's films include short sequences from Safety Last (1923), in which Lloyd hangs from the hands of a large clock on the side of a city building, and The Freshman (1925), in which he receives his chance to play football for Tate College in the last 2 minutes of an important game. In two sequences from Hot Water (1924) Lloyd struggles with a live turkey on a streetcar and takes his wife and in-laws for a drive in his new automobile. In Why Worry? (1926) Lloyd innocently becomes involved in a South American revolution. The Girl Shy (1924) episode is a chase sequence in which he uses an automobile, a trolley car, a motorcycle, and a wagon team to reach his beloved before she marries a bigamist. The remaining three sequences are selected from Lloyd's sound films. In Professor Beware (1938) Lloyd is pursued by two motorcycle policeman. Next is a scene from Movie Crazy (1932), in which Lloyd inadvertently wears a magician's trick coat to a formal dance. In the final episode, from Feet First (1930), Lloyd dangles from the side of a building and frantically tries to keep from falling by clutching at awnings, ropes, scaffolds, and window ledges. A large segment of today's theatergoing public was either too young to remember when Harold Lloyd was a king of comedy or was not yet born. But that should be no reason for hesitating to book this picture because his name is a tradition that has been handed down through the years.Curiosity should pull both the younger patrons and the oldsters who remember Lloyd so well. Lloyd's "World of Comedy" is a collection of highlight scenes from eight of his well known pictures, dating from 1923 to 1938. And the laughter that has greeted it at recent previews is proof enough that the film is a bell ringer. There appears to be no age limit to the enjoyment; sub-teenagers guffaw as loudly as the older folks. Current films do not hove the fast, furious and completely illogical chase sequences that are embodied in the Lloyd library; the older people miss them and they ore all new to the youngsters. The only criticism that might be leveled at the film is that the final sequence, the building-climbing episode from "Feet First," is a little too long and becomes repetitious. Some excerpts from on all-time favorite, "A Sailor Made Man," could have been inserted here. But everything else is solid entertainment. Produced by Lloyd, the picture is narrated by Art Ross, with music by Walter Scharf.
World of Comedy
Comedy,Documentary
Film Details
Highlights from a number of Harold Lloyd's films include short sequences from Safety Last (1923), in which Lloyd hangs from the hands of a large clock on the side of a city building, and The Freshman (1925), in which he receives his chance to play football for Tate College in the last 2 minutes of an important game. In two sequences from Hot Water (1924) Lloyd struggles with a live turkey on a streetcar and takes his wife and in-laws for a drive in his new automobile. In Why Worry? (1926) Lloyd innocently becomes involved in a South American revolution.
The Girl Shy (1924) episode is a chase sequence in which he uses an automobile, a trolley car, a motorcycle, and a wagon team to reach his beloved before she marries a bigamist. The remaining three sequences are selected from Lloyd's sound films. In Professor Beware (1938) Lloyd is pursued by two motorcycle policeman.
Next is a scene from Movie Crazy (1932), in which Lloyd inadvertently wears a magician's trick coat to a formal dance. In the final episode, from Feet First (1930), Lloyd dangles from the side of a building and frantically tries to keep from falling by clutching at awnings, ropes, scaffolds, and window ledges. A large segment of today's theatergoing public was either too young to remember when Harold Lloyd was a king of comedy or was not yet born.
But that should be no reason for hesitating to book this picture because his name is a tradition that has been handed down through the years.Curiosity should pull both the younger patrons and the oldsters who remember Lloyd so well. Lloyd's "World of Comedy" is a collection of highlight scenes from eight of his well known pictures, dating from 1923 to 1938. And the laughter that has greeted it at recent previews is proof enough that the film is a bell ringer.
There appears to be no age limit to the enjoyment; sub-teenagers guffaw as loudly as the older folks. Current films do not hove the fast, furious and completely illogical chase sequences that are embodied in the Lloyd library; the older people miss them and they ore all new to the youngsters. The only criticism that might be leveled at the film is that the final sequence, the building-climbing episode from "Feet First," is a little too long and becomes repetitious.
Some excerpts from on all-time favorite, "A Sailor Made Man," could have been inserted here. But everything else is solid entertainment. Produced by Lloyd, the picture is narrated by Art Ross, with music by Walter Scharf..