Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin were major silent screen stars, but with his horn-rimmed glasses and straw hat, Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was one of the most daring and beloved comedic stars of ...
To the world he was Harold Lloyd, prolific silent film star and Hollywood legend. To Suzanne Lloyd, he was her world. In many ways, he still is. As part of a celebration of her grandfather's legacy, ...
The silent film star was one of the most popular screen comedians in the 1920s, outdrawing even Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His films almost always had the same plot: a wimpy striver in round ...
When Harold Lloyd stopped in Chicago in the spring of 1923, publicists for his new film, Safety Last, wanted him to appear on the south tower of the Wrigley Building and dedicate its clock with a ...
In the pantheon of silent screen comedy legends, Harold Lloyd rests somewhere between the two reigning kings, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. While never quite achieving the artistic or commercial ...
The classic Harold Lloyd comedy “Safety Last” is turning 100 years old this year. But with its heavy dollops of action and a superstar’s real-life derring-do, it doesn’t seem a day over 10, even if it ...
Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...