Harold Lloyd Articles

Barbara Kent, Harold Lloyd leading lady in WELCOME DANGER/FEET FIRST, has died. Barbara Kent was last silent movie actor alive. Movies include VANITY FAIR, OLIVER TWIST, LONESOME.

Barbara Kent, a minor leading lady during the transition from silent to sound films, died October 13 in Palm Desert, in Southern California. A resident of the local Marrakesh Country Club, Kent was either 103 or 104. No cause of death was given. Barbara Kent was never a star. Not even close. In fact, most of her 35 movies were probably forgotten the week after [...]

Clara Bow, known as the "It" Girl, stars in the appropriately titled It Part III of Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood, "The Dream Merchants," narrated by Christopher Plummer, continues today (a rerun of Monday's presentation) on Turner Classic Movies. Accompanying features and shorts focus on 1920s comedies. Charles Chaplin's The Pilgrim is on right now. Following "The Dream Merchants," TCM will show [...]

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 [...]