Grandma's Boy (1922 film)

Grandma's Boy
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Produced by Hal Roach (uncredited)
Written by Hal Roach
Sam Taylor
Jean Havez
H.M. Walker
Starring Harold Lloyd
Distributed by Hal Roach Studios
Release date
 September 3, 1922 (1922-09-03)[1]:9
Running time
 60 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $94,412[2]
Box office $1.1 million (US/Canada)[3]

Grandma's Boy is a 1922 family comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development. This film was also an immensely popular, commercially successful film in its time.[4]

Plot

The grandma's boy is a timid coward who cannot muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War that had been used by his grandfather, which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it was magical all along.

Cast

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sherwood, Robert. E. (1923). The Best Moving Pictures of 1922-1923. Boston: Maynard Small.
  2. ↑ Vance, Jeffrey and Suzanne Lloyd. "Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian" New York: Harry N Abrams. p 81
  3. ↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 19 April 2014
  4. ↑ http://www.highbrowmagazine.com/4286-remembering-harold-lloyd-third-genius-silent-comedy


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