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appalachiablue

(43,505 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 10:00 PM Feb 15

Harold Lloyd - Film Comedian of the Silent Movie Era 🎥


- Best of Lloyd's stunts and silent comedy gags.
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- Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films. One of the most influential film comedians of the silent era, Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, from 1914 to 1947. His bespectacled "glasses character" was a resourceful, ambitious go-getter who reflected the zeitgeist of 1920s U.S. His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats.

Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street (dangerous, but risk exaggerated by camera angles) in Safety Last! (1923) is considered one of the more enduring images in cinema. Lloyd performed lesser stunts himself despite having injured himself in August 1919 while doing publicity pictures for the Roach studio. An accident with a bomb mistaken as a prop resulted in the loss of the thumb & index finger of his right hand (the injury was disguised on future films with the use of a special prosthetic glove, and it was almost undetectable on the screen)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lloyd


- Safety Last! Clip, 1923 classic film.


- Dance with Me. Old school romance song 💓


Guest on 'What's My Line?' 1950s TV show.
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Harold Lloyd - Film Comedian of the Silent Movie Era 🎥 (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 15 OP
Some years back TCM featured Harold Lloyd... CBHagman Feb 17 #1
Sounds great, I've watched some of Lloyd's films online, such a talented actor appalachiablue Feb 17 #2
Your grandfather met Harold Lloyd?! CBHagman Feb 17 #3
They met in Montana at this boxing event which I never knew until some years ago. appalachiablue Feb 18 #4

CBHagman

(17,230 posts)
1. Some years back TCM featured Harold Lloyd...
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 12:51 AM
Feb 17

...although I forget what the theme was. It was the first chance I had to really watch Harold Lloyd movies, and they were wonderful.

appalachiablue

(43,505 posts)
2. Sounds great, I've watched some of Lloyd's films online, such a talented actor
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 01:06 AM
Feb 17

and a pleasant personality. My grandfather met him at a Jack Dempsey fight in the 1920s. I love TCM but haven't had the channel for a while. Thanks for posting.

CBHagman

(17,230 posts)
3. Your grandfather met Harold Lloyd?!
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 11:25 AM
Feb 17


I'd like to see more of Harold Lloyd's movies, and I gather that between public libraries and YouTube, it's possible to get access to a lot of them.

Thank you for starting this thread!

appalachiablue

(43,505 posts)
4. They met in Montana at this boxing event which I never knew until some years ago.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 12:36 PM
Feb 18

My cousin, whose father went to the fight as a boy, told me about it. They apparently had a great time.

Thanks again for posting and enjoy watching Lloyd's films!

The Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons fight was a bout for boxing's world heavyweight title. It was held on July 4, 1923, in the town of Shelby, Montana...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey_vs._Tommy_Gibbons

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