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After Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the silent film era's "third genius" was Harold Lloyd, who stars in this Horatio Alger-style story of an average country boy trying to make good in the big city. The Boy (Lloyd) leaves his sweetheart, The Girl (Mildred Davis, later the real-life Mrs. Lloyd) in Great Bend while he pursues his fortune in a teeming metropolis. The Boy lands a job as a clerk at a fabric counter of DeVore's, a huge department store, but he lies in his letters home to his beloved, pretending to be the store's manager and spending his earnings on lavish gifts. The Boy's roommate, The Pal (Bill Strother) makes money as a "human fly," performing attention-getting stunts. Promised $1,000 by DeVore's real manager if he can devise a publicity gimmick, The Boy convinces his friend to climb the 12-story establishment and split the winnings with him. On the day of the event, however, The Pal is busy dodging The Law (Noah Young), forcing The Boy to make the arduous climb solo. Dodging a variety of obstacles, The Boy climbs higher and higher, eventually dangling from the store's clock tower, in the film's most memorable image.
CONDTION: NEW
Actors: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis
Directors: Harold Lloyd
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Black & White, NTSC, Silent, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 18, 2013
Run Time: 74 minutes
Cast & Crew
Harold Lloyd The Boy
Mildred Davis The Girl
Bill Strother The Pal
Noah Young The Law
W.B. Clarke The Floorwalker
Mickey Daniels The Kid
Mrs. Anna Townsend The Grandma
Helen Gilmore Customer
Gus Leonard Office worker
Charles E. Stevenson Ambulance attendant
Technical Credits
Fred Newmeyer Director
Sam Taylor Director,Screenwriter
Fred Guiol Art Director,Editor
Walter Lundin Cinematographer
Hal Roach Producer,Screenwriter
Tim Whelan Screenwriter
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