David Bordwell shows how Harold Lloyd helped silent comedy evolve from gag-based skits to increasingly intricate narrative forms.

Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor • 1924 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels

He may be completely inept around girls in real life, but that doesn’t stop poor tailor’s apprentice Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) from publishing “The Secret of Making Love,” h...