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The plot is predictable and thus (to me) not that amusing. There were some nice touches, (like what turned out to really be in the baby carriage!)

The animation at the beginning was quite clever. Not being a film historian I don't know how common animation was at the time, but I liked it's inclusion in a live action short.

I would recommend other Harold Lloyd films instead, such as "Number, Please" or "Bumping Into Broadway".

I have nothing more to say, please change the minimum line requirement to something that rewards, not punishes brevity!

This Harold Lloyd short is the story of newlyweds who use subterfuge to transport some bootleg liquor, then agree to watch a couple of children while the brother-in-law is otherwise occupied. The story includes a bad guy who seems to be checking out the neighborhood.

The best part of the film is the small section that deals with the ornery nature of the young boy left in their charge. I could have watched an entire film about the duel of wits between Lloyd and the kid.

As others have pointed out, the film is uneven, but its best parts are truly funny.

This Harold Lloyd comedy has some funny sequences that are enjoyable to watch, even though it is somewhat uneven overall. Lloyd himself is always funny, and it is only a matter of providing him with decent material in order to make for good comedy. This feature pulls together several sequences with comedy ideas that very somewhat in their level of creativity, and that do not always fit together all that well.

Lloyd and Mildred Davis star as a young married couple. One of the interesting aspects of the movie is the short animated sequence at the beginning, which apparently replaced a reel of material that did not turn out as well as everyone had hoped. The main body of the film as it stands follows Lloyd and Davis as they contend with Prohibition, baby-sit some troublesome children, and deal with a neighborhood burglary threat.

A number of the gag ideas work well, and the two stars also get some help from imposing Noah Young in the second half of the movie. The young child playing their nephew is also quite believable as a young trouble-maker. There are a few stretches of relatively routine slapstick material, but the good parts make it worth seeing.

This Harold Lloyd short opens with a potentially dangerous but carefully choreographed gag in which the love-struck comedian is impervious to the heavy traffic while crossing the road. It also features an amusing gag concerning the hiding of liquor bottles by the hero and heroine inside a baby carriage, with curious bystanders wanting to peek at what they think is a baby (somehow, this subterfuge seems to have subsequently been adopted by the entire neighborhood!).

Later, the plot revolves around a lengthy set-piece in which some opportunistic relatives of the Lloyds dump their irrepressible kids in their care (considering that my family have been 'suffering' from this very same burden - with the boy in question being my own mentally-retarded cousin - for the last 17 years, I found this section of the film somewhat uneasy) but the invention here was certainly up to snuff - as when one of the children starts sawing the furniture and then nails Harold's slippers to the floor, and especially the star's disastrous attempt at preparing a bottle of milk for an infant. Also incorporated at this point is the possible intrusion into the couple's home by a suspicious-looking character (who turns out to be just the night-watchman).

In this Harold Lloyd short, Lloyd and Mildred Davis play a newlywed couple who get stuck watching their two nephews. One is a baby, the other a toddler, and they proceed to drive Lloyd crazy as only little children can. Lloyd finds his slippers nailed to the floor, finds that preparing a bottle isn't as easy as it might seem and really finds out what it means to be a dad when the toddler comes home with an armload of fireworks and begins shooting them at him and the maid.

As far as Lloyd's short comedies go, this isn't one of his funniest, but it's only 25 minutes long, and hey, it's Harold Lloyd after all. You'll be able to see the ending coming practically before the movie has even started.

Grade: B-

The Boy (Harold Lloyd) marries The Girl (Mildred Davis). It is a year later and they are carrying around an alcohol bottle in their baby carriage. Her brother asks them to babysit his children and chaos ensues.

This is relatively fine. Harold Lloyd is doing a lot of Mr. Mom gags and ends with some Scooby Doo fun. Maybe this would be funnier without Mildred Davis in the babysitting caper. In that way, Harold would be alone dealing with two kids. I can imagine a lot of slapstick possibilities with him juggling a fake baby. As it stands, there is always an adult near the room and it's not as dangerous.

Brother-in-law William Gillespie leaves his baby and toddler with newlyweds Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. They find them more than a handful.

Children were obviously on Lloyd's mind; he had married Miss Davis in February, although their first child would not show up until 1924. But producer-director Hal Roach also had children on the mind, and was already in production of the OUR GANG series.

Like many a comedy in this period, this is divided in two parts: in the first, we get to watch Harold and Mildred try to deal with the children; in the second, fearful of burglars, the two wander the house. Unfortunately, the two parts fit together poorly and this was cut from three reels to two after initial release. Still, the restored three-reel version has plenty of gags, with a goodly number of them funny.

This Harold Lloyd short wasn't really much; not one of his funnier efforts. Of course, I never see bratty kids as anything hilarious. That's what the bulk of this story is, Harold and his wife, Mildred Davis, babysitting his in-laws two young kids. One is a baby who is constantly crying and the other is a four-year-old terror who does everything but demolish the house. Letting the kid create havoc over and over was not entertaining to me.

The best part was the last four or five minutes when the couple thinks that this big goon (Noah Young) is burglarizing their house. Half the time it's the pet cat scaring the couple, but overall, that segment is fun with some good sight gags, reminding me of another Lloyd short, "Haunted Spooks."

However, the good ending doesn't save the whole picture, which I probably wouldn't watch again. Lloyd has done too many other good things to waste even 25 minutes on this one again. It just isn't that funny.

(1921) I Do SILENT COMEDY

The set up regards (Harold Lloyd) marrying his new wife (Mildred Davis) and upon coming home, their friend of two children leaves them with Lloyd and his new wife to look after.

Some of the sight gags includes the Lloyd trying to clean up the mess and mishaps of the older boy child; especially when goes out to buy fireworks and brings them home; scenes of trying to put baby to sleep; when Lloyd's newly wife tries to calm the children and put them to sleep. There is also a sequence of a prowler around the neighborhood with both Lloyd and Mildred to the housekeeper being spooked up about!

A Hal Roach HAROLD LLOYD film.

When he says `I DO' at his nuptials, a young man has no idea the travail his wife's family will put him through.

Harold Lloyd had another winner with this domestic comedy in which he must deal with his wife's nephews, the elder a dreadful little brat and the younger a crying baby, during a long & frightful night. As so often happened, Harold's superb athletic abilities enhance his role, even with half of his mutilated right hand hidden by a special glove. Lloyd's hilarious HOT WATER, which came three years later, doubtless drew some of its inspiration from this film.

I DO originally ran longer, but when the preview audience didn't respond with enough laughs to the opening scenes Harold removed the entire first reel, tightening the picture down to a tad under 25 minutes. The animated sequence depicting the wedding is a nice touch.

Mildred Davis appropriately plays Harold's wife - they would soon be married in real life. Noah Young, who acted many a tough guy in Lloyd's films, lends his menacing presence to the end of the movie.

Robert Israel has composed an excellent film score which perfectly complements Harold's antics on the screen.

I DO (1921)

** (out of four)

After marrying his wife, Harold Lloyd then gets the job of babysitting his two nephews who turn out to be a nightmare. This is a seriously unfunny film that has plenty of site gags but none of them work. The only bright spot is the start of the film where Lloyd is trying to cross a busy street. Apparently when released this had a third reel but Lloyd cut it due to all the negative reviews. With that in mind, I can't help but agree that this is certainly a lesser short from the Third Genius.

Available on DVD through Kino and New Line.

The perils of parenthood are explored in this rather dull Harold Lloyd vehicle. If you've watched more than a couple of Lloyd's films from this era then you won't need me to tell you who is playing the part of his wife. The film opens with them wheeling a pram down a typical suburban neighbourhood, only this pram doesn't contain a baby, as the horrified expression on the face of a passing priest makes all too clear, but a bottle of illicit booze.

Before long a plot twist sees the formerly carefree couple temporarily burdened with a couple of tots, one who cries incessantly, the other a destructive little boy who likes nothing more than sawing through the legs of furniture or nailing Harold's slippers to the floor. Given the rich vein of material available in such a scenario, it's surprising just how routine the whole thing is. Like most popular comedians of the era, Lloyd's contract called for him to complete a given number of films within a specified period of time, and it's likely that this was one of the films that was made purely to ensure that quota was filled rather than because of any burning desire on the part of Lloyd to get it made.

Generally, I liked this short by Harold Lloyd, though I have to admit that part of the final minutes of the film looked like a re-hash of HAUNTED SPOOKS (also by Lloyd--a year earlier).

Harold is newly married and the first portion of the film concerns he and his wife's attempts to sneak wine into their home during Prohibition. For the most part, this is just an okay portion of the film.

Later, Harold's brother-in-law drops off his two kids for the Lloyd's to watch. The baby seems like a pretty typical child, but the 4 year-old is the spawn of Satan! He is just 100% awful--which is a strength and weakness of the film. It's a strength because some of the horrible things the kid does are pretty funny--such as sawing off the legs of furniture (it's funny to see such a cute little kid do this so easily) and nailing Harold's slippers to the floor! The problem is, after a while some of the evil things the kid does are just ridiculous (such as leaving the house and coming back with an armload of fireworks--this is just too contrived). Plus, there gets a point when it's no longer funny--you just are rooting to see Harold belt the kid! All-in-all, not a great film but full of funny moments--enough to please all but the worst curmudgeons out there.

Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis are newlyweds who have a jug of bootleg liquor in a pram.As she stops to do some shopping he meets his brother-in-law (William Gillespie) who asks him to be a babysitter for his two children (Jack Morgan and Jack Edwards).It makes the life of this fresh couple considerably more difficult.Also, a neighbor warns them of a burglar loose in the neighborhood.I Do (1921) is a Harold Lloyd short directed by Hal Roach.In the early 20's Lloyd starred in a number of short films.This one is quite amusing.The animated wedding in the beginning is fun to watch.And Harold being quailed by the balloon with a face.Not the best of Lloyd but works.