Añade un argumento en tu idiomaYoung playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a pol... Leer todoYoung playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.
- Dirección
- Guión
- Reparto principal
- Director of Musical Comedy
- (as Harry Pollard)
- Voice off state
- (as Freddie Neomeyer)
- Undetermined Secondary Role
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- Undetermined Secondary Role
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- Stage Door Johnnie
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- Evicted Boarder
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- Undetermined Secondary Role
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- Desperate Spinster
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- Undetermined Secondary Role
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- Unidentified
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- Unidentified role
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- Man
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Reseñas destacadas
Harold is a poor tenant who can't pay his rent, but he gives his few dollars to an attractive neighbor played by Bebe Daniels, landing him in trouble with the landlady and her thuggish enforcer. Harold and Bebe spend the entire film running from everyone, allowing him to display his acrobatic prowess and his imagination.
At the end, Lloyd charmingly breaks the fourth wall for a kiss.
This restored version even has some shots in Septia tone instead of black & white. I thought septa tone was not used much until the 1920's. Much of the sight gags & situations in this one got worked into later LLoyd films also. In fact, GIRL SHY later borrows from it, as far as how Harold's Character is set up in this one. While I prefer Girl Shy over all, if you like some stunts & comedy in shorts form, this one will make you a happy camper as well. It is not as elaborate as the feature, but great fun just the same.
BEBE DANIELS makes little impression as "the girl," also unable to pay her rent until Lloyd comes to her aid. Thereafter, there's a backstage Broadway scene that has Lloyd trying to sell his story to a producer with dismal results.
And finally, a gambling joint scene climaxes the film with a wild chase as the dumb cops try to nab Lloyd, who comes up with an ingenious coat rack trip that has to be seen to be believed--or described.
This all plays very quickly--fast and funny throughout with nary a lapse of pace, making it one of the most enjoyable of all the Lloyd silent shorts that I've seen. The TCM showing has it accompanied by a brisk musical score.
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesAs is obviously demonstrated in the initial typewriter scene, this film was made early in 1919 before the August 24 accident with a bomb in a photographer's studio that Harold Lloyd mistook for a prop and cost him the thumb and forefinger of his right hand. In every film after this, he always hid his right hand or wore a prosthetic.
- PifiasWhen Lloyd leaves his room, there is a stool beside his bed. When he returns, the stool is at the foot of the bed.
- Citas
Title Card: BROADWAY - - Street of a million bright lights and playground of the money kings. A hundred-dollar bill wouldn't last any longer here than a crippled grasshopper in a sand-storm.
- Créditos adicionalesSilent film, yet credits list 5 actors as "voices off stage".
- Versiones alternativasIn 2004, The Harold Lloyd Trust copyrighted a 25-minute version of this film with a musical score written, arranged and conducted by Robert Israel, and played The Robert Israel Orchestra (Europe).
- ConexionesFeatured in America at the Movies (1976)
Selecciones populares
Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Cayendo en Broadway
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Empresa productora
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- Duración
- 25min
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.33 : 1