Starring Harold Lloyd

Starring Harold Lloyd

43 Episodes

One hundred years ago, Harold Lloyd gave the movies one of their most meme-able moments—the anxious, thrilling, clock-hanging climax of SAFETY LAST!, a film that still stands as a high-water mark of slapstick invention. Though often overlooked in favor of his more famous silent-clown contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the bespectacled everyman was easily the equal of those legends in both hilarity and hair-raising derring-do. From the football-field antics of THE FRESHMAN to the freewheeling New York odyssey of SPEEDY, Lloyd’s innovative and endearing classics are packed wall-to-wall with some of the funniest and most unforgettable sight gags ever realized on film.

Please be advised: some of these films contain offensive racial stereotypes and scenes involving blackface.

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Starring Harold Lloyd
  • Take a Chance

    Episode 1

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States

    In this one-reel film from 1918, Harold Lloyd stars as a man looking to spend his last 25 cents.

  • That’s Him

    Episode 2

    Directed by Gilbert Pratt • 1918 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A newlywed husband, en route to his honeymoon, scrambles to find the train tickets he lost.

    Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.

  • Ask Father

    Episode 3

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States

    Harold Lloyd plays a young man who attempts to avoid many obstacles in order to marry his boss's daughter.

  • Billy Blazes, Esq.

    Episode 4

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States

    Harold Lloyd plays Billy Blazes, a man who attempts to save Peaceful Vale from the violent Crooked Charley.

    Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving yellowface.

  • Bumping into Broadway

    Episode 5

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States

    This 1919 short is the only Harold Lloyd title other than SPEEDY set in New York City, although it was filmed entirely in Los Angeles. BUMPING INTO BROADWAY was also the first two-reeler to star Lloyd's "Glasses Character." This newly restored master ...

  • Captain Kidd’s Kids

    Episode 6

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd

    After a wild bachelor party, a boy finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures in this short film.

  • Just Neighbors

    Episode 7

    Directed by Harold Lloyd and Frank Terry • 1919 • United States

    Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but end up demolishing their garden in this short silent comedy.

  • The Marathon

    Episode 8

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1919 • United States

    This 1919 one-reeler stars Harold Lloyd as one of Bebe Daniels’s many suitors, who, after a series of mishaps, ends up running in a local marathon. It is presented here with a new score composed and performed by Gabriel Thibaudeau.

    Please be...

  • Next Aisle Over

    Episode 9

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.

  • A Sammy in Siberia

    Episode 10

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard

    A bumbling American soldier saves a Russian girl from a band of drunken Bolsheviks.

  • Spring Fever

    Episode 11

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

    A beautiful spring day tempts a bookkeeper to play hooky from the office.

  • Young Mr. Jazz

    Episode 12

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd

    A young couple on the run encounter car trouble—right outside a dancehall teeming with outlaws. The two go through a slapstick struggle to keep the crooks, and the girlfriend’s angry father, at bay.

  • An Eastern Westerner

    Episode 13

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States

    In this two-reeler from 1920, a fast and furious parody of western films, Harold Lloyd stars as an East Coast boy shipped off to a ranch; Mildred Davis, who would later become Lloyd’s wife, costars. It is presented here with a new score composed and c...

  • Get Out and Get Under

    Episode 14

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPherson

    A new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.

  • Haunted Spooks

    Episode 15

    Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
    Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe

    A hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!

  • High and Dizzy

    Episode 16

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States

    In this silent film, a young man gets drunk by accident then winds up on a narrow ledge high above the street.

  • His Royal Slyness

    Episode 17

    Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States

    Harold Lloyd plays a tireless American bookseller traveling abroad in the kingdom of Thermosa, where he is mistaken for a prince. When the true prince returns to stake his claim to the throne, the country is thrown into turmoil.

  • Number, Please?

    Episode 18

    Directed by Hal Roach and Fred Newmeyer • 1920 • United States

    A young, heartbroken man goes to the amusement park, only to see the girl he lost with a new man.

  • Never Weaken

    Episode 19

    Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States

    Harold Lloyd plays a young man who is in love with a young woman, but he mistakenly believes she loves another. Despondent, he decides to commit suicide, but each attempt is unsuccessful.