Often overlooked in favor of his more famous contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, bespectacled everyman Harold Lloyd was easily the equal of those silent-comedy legends in both slapstick invention and hair-raising derring-do. From the football field antics of THE FRESHMAN to the clock-hanging climax of SAFETY LAST!, Lloyd’s innovative, endearing comedy classics are packed wall-to-wall with some of the funniest and most thrilling set pieces of the silent era.
Presented here are two rarely seen Harold Lloyd shorts: OVER THE FENCE (1917), the first "Glasses Character" film, and THAT’S HIM (1918). Lloyd lost many of his early films in a fire, and these have been restored from the best existing elements—a 9.5 mm print and a 28 mm print, respectively—and a...
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
In this one-reel film from 1918, Harold Lloyd stars as a man looking to spend his last 25 cents.
Presented here are two rarely seen Harold Lloyd shorts: OVER THE FENCE (1917), the first "Glasses Character" film, and THAT’S HIM (1918). Lloyd lost many of his early films in a fire, and these have been restored from the best existing elements—a 9.5 mm print and a 28 mm print, respectively—and a...
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays Billy Blazes, a man who attempts to save Peaceful Vale from the violent Crooked Charley.
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays a young man who attempts to avoid many obstacles in order to marry his boss's daughter.
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1919 • United States
This 1919 one-reeler stars Harold Lloyd as one of Bebe Daniels’ many suitors, who, after a series of mishaps, ends up running in a local marathon. It is presented here with a new score composed and performed by Gabriel Thibaudeau.
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
This 1919 short is the only Harold Lloyd title other than SPEEDY set in New York City, although it was filmed entirely in Los Angeles. BUMPING INTO BROADWAY was also the first two-reeler to star Lloyd's "Glasses Character." This newly restored master ...
Directed by Harold Lloyd and Frank Terry • 1919 •
Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but end up demolishing their garden in this short silent comedy.
Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays a tireless American bookseller traveling abroad in the kingdom of Thermosa, where he is mistaken for a prince. When the true prince returns to stake his claim to the throne, the country is thrown into turmoil.
Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
In this two-reeler from 1920, a fast and furious parody of western films, Harold Lloyd stars as an East Coast boy shipped off to a ranch; Mildred Davis, who would later become Lloyd’s wife, costars. It is presented here with a new score composed and c...
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays a young man who is in love with a young woman, but he mistakenly believes she loves another. Despondent, he decides to commit suicide, but each attempt is unsuccessful.
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays well-liked, common-sense country doctor Jack Jackson, who cares for the incurable Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) and takes on the fraudulent Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne) in this upbeat silent comedy directed by ...
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor • 1923 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air—and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor • 1923 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother
The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin is the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its...
Directed by Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer • 1925 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
Harold Lloyd’s biggest box-office hit was this silent comedy gem, featuring the befuddled everyman at his eager best as a new college student. Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the ...
Directed by Sam Taylor • 1926 • United States
The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston) who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causi...
Directed by Ted Wilde • 1927 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
Silent-comedy legend Harold Lloyd goes west in this irresistible blend of action, romance, and slapstick invention. The bespectacled everyman is at his inimitable best as Harold Hickory, the gentle son of a promi...
Directed by Ted Wilde • 1928 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff
SPEEDY was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd—and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his “Glasses Character,” this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who ca...
Directed by Clyde Bruckman • 1930 • United States
The second and most popular talkie starring Harold Lloyd, FEET FIRST has the actor playing an upstart shoe salesman who pretends to be a millionaire tycoon in order to impress a young lady he meets in Honolulu. Directed by Clyde Bruckman, the fil...
Directed by Clyde Bruckman • 1932 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays a young man who has a profound desire to be in the movies. Unfortunately, he has no real acting experience or abilities.
Directed by Sam Taylor • 1934 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier
Silent-comedy legend Harold Lloyd’s fourth sound film is an outlandish, Capraesque political satire in which he plays Ezekiel Cobb, a naive young man raised by missionaries in China, who is brought to...
