
Harold Hall, an accident-prone young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in pictures. After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test and goes off to Hollywood. At the studio, he does everything wrong and causes all sorts of trouble, but he catches the fancy of a beautiful actress. Eventually, the studio owner recognizes him as a comic genius.... (Full plot summary below)
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Harold Hall, an accident-prone young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in pictures. After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test and goes off to Hollywood. At the studio, he does everything wrong and causes all sorts of trouble, but he catches the fancy of a beautiful actress. Eventually, the studio owner recognizes him as a comic genius.
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| The SpectatorCharles DavyMr. Lloyd may lose a few admirers by abandoning his old slapstick style, but he has invented a somewhat new type of melodramatic comedy, perhaps more promising for the future. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSilent comedy star Harold Lloyd's best talkie. |
| User ReviewKayley TThe most hilarious movie I have ever seen! |
| User Reviewlord rLloyd's brand of physical comedy helps keep this fun and interesting. |
| User ReviewTom HThis is a good comedy that winds up brilliantly in an amazing action sequence shot on an elaborate set. Amazing camerawork! |
| User ReviewScott RLloyd's brand of physical comedy helps keep this fun and interesting. |
| User ReviewAntonius BLloyd's brand of physical comedy helps keep this fun and interesting. |
| User ReviewCindy IThis was Lloyd's third talkie, and it seems he finally got comfortable with dialogue. The whole film was enjoyable, but the formal dinner ball (a la "The Freshman") was wonderful with the mixed-up magicians coat gags being among the best he ever did. His screen tests are a hoot too. There are enough quick but interesting shots in the film to make me wonder if they were inside jokes. Constance Cummings was very good as Mary/the Spanish vixen. Still, you can't help but watch an HL talkie and know that his best days were behind him. Here's an intersting double feature: "Movie Crazy" and "The Bad and the Beautiful." Talk about an inside look at Hollywood. |
| User ReviewDavid TPelicula sonora de Lloyd, con sus habituales caidas, trompazos, gags... Aunque yo siempre creo que es mejor en mudo que hablado. Tiene esta peli momentos gloriosos, divertidos, aunque la historia no tiene ni pies ni cabeza. Me ha sorprendido Constance Cummings de la que apenas he visto pelis, pero aqui tiene un desparpajo muy divertido. |