Released - April, 1923 

Directed By - Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Starring – Harold Lloyd (The Boy), Mildred Davis (The Girl), Bill Strother (The Pal), Noah Young (The Law), Wescott Clarke (The Floorwalker).

Description – After saying goodby to his Mother and girlfriend at the trainstation (although it looks like he is going to the gallows), The Boy is off to the big city to find success.

He takes a sales clerk job at the Da Vore Department store earning a very modest wage. However, in an effort to not cause concern with his mother and girlfriend, he says he is doing much better than he actually is.

This false impression causes his girlfriend to believe that he can now support a family and she takes a train to join him. Not wanting to admit to his limited success, The Boy now pretends to be the store’s General Manager.

After hearing the real General Manager offer $1000 to anyone who can come up with a good idea that will bring more customers into the store, The Boy has a brainstorm. He partners with his construction worker friend ‘Limpy’ Bill offering him $500 if he will climb the 12 story building where the store is located.

This stunt generates a great deal of publicity, but there is one problem. It turns out that Bill is wanted by the police and The Boy is forced to climb the building himself.

NOTABLE: In 1994 this film was added to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress.

The image of Harold Lloyd holding onto the bending clock hands on the side of the building is one of the most famous screen images of all time.

Harold Lloyd performed his own climbing stunts in spite of losing a thumb and forefinger four years earlier working on another film.. A prosthetic glove was used to disguise the deformity.

Personal Note: This is a classic silent comedy that when presented at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival as part of a compilation film produced by Lloyd generated renewed interest in the legendary silent comedian. The film is both very funny and very exciting.

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Released – March, 1941 

Directed By - Roy Del Ruth

Starring – Joan Blondell (Gail Richards), Roland Young (Cosmo Topper), Carole Landis (Ann Carrington), Billie Burke (Clara Topper), Dennis O’Keefe (Bob).

Description – In this third and final Topper movie Cosmo again finds himself haunted by a ghost. This time it is accidental murder victim Gail Richards who is trying to save her friend Ann (who was the real intended victim), while at the same time using Cosmo to help reveal the murderer.

Having had enough ‘ghostly’ experiences in the past, Topper is reluctant to help and wants nothing to do with this new ghost.

The results provide fun-loving and ‘spirited’ fun for all in this entertaining comedy. Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson provides some of the funniest scenes as Topper’s perpetually frightened chauffeur.

NOTABLE: This film was nominated for two Oscar’s; Best Effects, Special Effects and Best Sound, Recording.

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Released – December, 1921 

Directed By - Fred C. Newmeyer

Starring – Harold Lloyd (The Boy), Mildred Davis (The Girl), Noah Young (The Rowdey Element), Dick Sutherland (The Maharagah).

Description – A boy can not receive his girlfriends father’s marriage blessing until he does one thing. He must prove to the father that he is capable of doing something worthwhile. In an effort to impress the father, he joins the Navy.

The ship he is on docks in a Middle Eastern Kingdom. The girl and her father sail on their yacht to meet the boy at the Middle East dock. Soon after they arrive, the girl is kidnapped by the local Maharagah with her only hope of being saved now in the boys hands.

NOTABLE:  This was popular silent screen comedy actor Harold Lloyd’s first feature film making him just the second silent comedian to do so.

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