As a father,
Harold Lloyd had his share of quirks. He was extremely
benevolent toward his youngest child, Harold, Jr., who he supported
through more than a decade of false starts (and outright failures) in
show business. Far more seriously, Harold Jr. was a submissive
homosexual who would come home battered after a rough date--- his
father demonstrated an unusual degree of acceptance toward
homosexuality throughout his entire life. His sisters, however, were
treated in far more Victorian terms. Harold Jr. was effectively lost
soul after his father died and, like his mother (who died in 1969), was
an alcoholic and seemingly unable to adjust to his sexuality. Sadly, he
died at 40, shortly after the death of his famous father.
