Top billed cast

1. 

   Harold Lloyd

   Self (archive footage)

2. 

   Lindsay Anderson

   Narrator

3. 

   Jack Lemmon

   Self

4. 

   Jane Novak

   Self

5. 

   Hal Roach

   Self

6. 

   Roddy McDowall

   Self

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2022-05-01

When I started watching this two-part documentary about silent film era (and slightly into the talkies too) start Harold Lloyd, I thought I must have seen it several years ago. But no, I realized what I had seen was a documentary about Buster Keaton. Turns out there are crossovers and similarities between the big three comedians of that time: Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd.

It turns out Lloyd was driven to succeed and hated losing even card games. That was great for his career but perhaps not quite so much for family.

The behind the scenes glimpses of his filmmaking was interesting and the s...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• movie business
• filmmaking
• silent film
• silent film star