''Grandma's Boy'' is a 1922 family
comedy film
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starring
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film co ...
. 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.
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
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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
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Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film co ...
- Grandma's Boy
/ Grandfather
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Mildred Davis
Mildred Hillary Davis (February 22, 1901The reference book ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory'' gives Davis's birth date as January 1, 1900.August 18, 1969) was an American actress who appeared in fifteen of Harold Lloyd's cla ...
- His Girl
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* ]Anna Townsend
Anna Townsend (January 5, 1845 – September 11, 1923) was a long-time theatre actress who turned to silent film late in her life. Townsend performed in several Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) w ...
- Grandma[
* ]Dick Sutherland
Dick Sutherland (born Archibald Thomas Johnson, December 23, 1881 – February 3, 1934) was an American film actor, active mostly during the silent film era. Born in Benton, Kentucky, in 1881, Sutherland appeared in more than 70 films betwe ...
- The Rolling Stone[
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- His Rival / Union General
* Noah Young
Noah Young, Jr. (February 2, 1887 – April 18, 1958) was a champion weightlifter and actor.
Biography
Young was born in Cañon City, Colorado. His father, Noah Young, was a foreman of the Glenrock coal mine who later became a coal mine in ...
- Sheriff[
]
See also
* Harold Lloyd filmography
These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ...
References
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1922 films
American silent feature films
1922 comedy films
American black-and-white films
American Civil War films
Films directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Hal Roach Studios short films
Silent American comedy films
Articles containing video clips
Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker
Films with screenplays by Sam Taylor (director)
Associated Exhibitors films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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