Tag Archives: Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genious

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

From the PBS Amer­i­can Mas­ters series:

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Harold Lloyd “Help”

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

This video gave me two min­utes of smil­ing. Nicely done.

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My reading — A History of the Hal Roach Studios

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

I recently fin­ished read­ing A His­tory of the Hal Roach Stu­dios writ­ten by Richard Lewis Ward.  Hal Roach, for those who don’t know, was a motion pic­ture pro­ducer who oper­ated a stu­dio from the silent era to the dawn of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Harold Lloyd interview

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons
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Starting from the end? Safety Last

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Ahh, early Hol­ly­wood, where film­mak­ers were just fig­ur­ing out how to do things.  Where mas­ter­pieces could  be spun out in any way the direc­tor saw fit.  Pre­vi­ously I posted about how Buster Keaton would often build his sto­ries beginning-end-middle.  Now … Con­tinue read­ing →

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