I'm not quite at the level of film geek status, but I have seen a large quantity of movies, old and new, and I'm just now hearing of Harold Lloyd. I'd always heard of Charlie Chaplin as being the man in silent films and no one else. Harold Lloyd deserves an honorable mention at least.
This is the second Harold Lloyd starred film I've watched and in this he plays Dr. Jack, an unconventional doctor who could be considered Patch Adams before there was a Patch Adams (and a lot better too).
Dr. Jack treated various ailments with fun and entertainment--exactly what we'd see the Robin William's character, Patch Adams, do in the self-titled movie. Dr. Jack was summoned by the lawyer (C. Norman Hammond) of the family of The Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) to possibly cure her. She was being treated by Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), a stuffy establishment doctor who was keeping her in bed and shoveling medicine down her throat. The Lawyer saw Dr. Jack's methods and thought he could help The Sick-Little-Well-Girl.
As you could imagine, Dr. Jack was not welcomed by Dr. Ludwig. Dr. Jack was young, unconventional, and smitten with the patient--three things that got under Dr. Ludwig's skin.
Harold hammed it up in this short movie. He was acrobatic enough to execute all kinds of physical comedy feats. Harold Lloyd deserves a lot more recognition.
This is the second Harold Lloyd starred film I've watched and in this he plays Dr. Jack, an unconventional doctor who could be considered Patch Adams before there was a Patch Adams (and a lot better too).
Dr. Jack treated various ailments with fun and entertainment--exactly what we'd see the Robin William's character, Patch Adams, do in the self-titled movie. Dr. Jack was summoned by the lawyer (C. Norman Hammond) of the family of The Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) to possibly cure her. She was being treated by Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), a stuffy establishment doctor who was keeping her in bed and shoveling medicine down her throat. The Lawyer saw Dr. Jack's methods and thought he could help The Sick-Little-Well-Girl.
As you could imagine, Dr. Jack was not welcomed by Dr. Ludwig. Dr. Jack was young, unconventional, and smitten with the patient--three things that got under Dr. Ludwig's skin.
Harold hammed it up in this short movie. He was acrobatic enough to execute all kinds of physical comedy feats. Harold Lloyd deserves a lot more recognition.