An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
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James T. Kelley
- Her Father
- (as James Kelly)
Sammy Brooks
- Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaHarold Lloyd married his co-star Mildred Davis on 10 February 1923. They remained married until her death on 18 August 1969. They had three children.
- GoofsWhen The Boy (Harold Lloyd) comes across a lad eating in a field during the fox hunt, the salt shaker and food the boy has changes hands between shots.
- Quotes
Her Father: Out o' my house - Y' parrot-headed dudes an' *dudeens*!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Big Show (1923)
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Good Combination of Slapstick & Satire
This Harold Lloyd comedy has a good combination of slapstick and satire. It also features Lloyd experimenting with Chaplin-style material, as his character impersonates an English lord as part of a parody on the idle rich. On the production end, Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach, and Sam Taylor put together a good story with plenty of laughs and a good pace.
After the other main characters have been introduced, Lloyd's character makes a clever entrance. He plays the kind of eager-to-succeed young man that he later went on to portray in some of his finest full-length movies, and this character is brought into the world of a family run by an equally ambitious matriarch. There is nothing subtle about the characters, and the amusing title cards also add some extra sarcasm to the portrayal of the upper classes.
Although this is the kind of setup that Chaplin was particularly known for, Lloyd and company give it a different feel that works well. The story moves smoothly from one zany situation to the next, and there is a good combination of comedy material, with sight gags blended together with the slapstick and with Lloyd's occasional feats of athleticism. It makes for an enjoyable movie that gives Lloyd plenty of material to work with.
After the other main characters have been introduced, Lloyd's character makes a clever entrance. He plays the kind of eager-to-succeed young man that he later went on to portray in some of his finest full-length movies, and this character is brought into the world of a family run by an equally ambitious matriarch. There is nothing subtle about the characters, and the amusing title cards also add some extra sarcasm to the portrayal of the upper classes.
Although this is the kind of setup that Chaplin was particularly known for, Lloyd and company give it a different feel that works well. The story moves smoothly from one zany situation to the next, and there is a good combination of comedy material, with sight gags blended together with the slapstick and with Lloyd's occasional feats of athleticism. It makes for an enjoyable movie that gives Lloyd plenty of material to work with.
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- Snow Leopard
- Oct 4, 2005
Details
- Runtime34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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