Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend
This early feature-length silent comedy pushed the form forward by balancing slapstick hilarity with more serious character development. Using the extended running time to further develop his popular Glasses Character, Harold Lloyd plays the eponymous “grandma’s boy,” a meek young man whose timidity continually holds him back in life. When his grandmother gives him a lucky charm that she says will make him invincible, he is transformed from coward into crime-fighting hero.
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A Sailor-Made Man
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah YoungThough originally intended as a two-reel short, A SAILOR-MADE MAN wound up becoming Harold Lloyd’s first feature—simply because there were too many good gags to cut! Here, our bespectacled hero play...
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Next Aisle Over
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.
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Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.
