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Documentary

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

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A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

Release Date : 1989-11-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

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Cast

Harold Lloyd

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Harold Lloyd

Gender : Male

Lindsay Anderson

Character Name : Narrator

Original Name : Lindsay Anderson

Gender : Male

Jack Lemmon

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Jack Lemmon

Gender : Male

Jane Novak

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Jane Novak

Gender : Female

Hal Roach

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Hal Roach

Gender : Male

Roddy McDowall

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Roddy McDowall

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2022-05-01

When I started watching this two-part documentary about silent film era (and slightly into the talkies too) start Harold Lloyd, I thought I must have seen it several years ago. But no, I realized what I had seen was a documentary about Buster Keaton. Turns out there are crossovers and similarities between the big three comedians of that time: Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. It turns out Lloyd was driven to succeed and hated losing even card games. That was great for his career but perhaps not quite so much for family. The behind the scenes glimpses of his filmmaking was interesting and the story of how, after pretty much copying Chaplin’s Little Tramp character (as other comedians did) he slowly settled into his distinctive character with the eyeglasses.