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Starring Harold Lloyd

The Marathon

14m

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1919 • United States

This 1919 one-reeler stars Harold Lloyd as one of Bebe Daniels’s 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.

Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.

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