Harold Lloyd on TCM

Silent-comedy fans will be rejoicing today, as Turner Classic Movies‘ "Summer Under the Stars" series continues with a day dedicated to Harold Lloyd, one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1920s.
Personally, I’m not a fan of knockabout silent comedies, which usually leave me as stone-faced as Buster Keaton. That said, Lloyd’s go-getter was a pleasant character (even if a tad creepy-looking, what with those geeky glasses and all that makeup plastered on his face), and some of his stunts remain as remarkable today as they were more than eight decades ago. Particularly memorable is his spider-man bit in Safety Last! (1923), in which he scales the side of a Los Angeles building.
Speedy (1928), directed by Ted [...]

by Andre Soares | August 5, 2009   
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