"From hand to mouth" is more than a hundred years old. This was the first movie Harold and Mildred Davis collaborated on and you can literally see their chemistry in both movies that ended up in their marriage in 1923 which lasted for over 46 years until Mildred's death in 1969.
"From hand to mouth" has more of a Chaplin vibe to it with a storyline including the girl needed to be rescued but Lloyd brings a new approach to it by adding extensive chase sequences and non-stop action that he perfects in his later movies and which would inevitably become his trademark. The movie is a feel-good comedy that you can help enjoying every second of its 21-minute runtime; everything in the movie is filled with humor, sarcasm and sharp metaphors, even the title cards.
Harold Lloyd was and still is a great talent as an actor, a stunt man and as a comedian and his movies are timeless, one of a kind, joyous and hilariously funny. This one, along with so many other short feature pictures, is only the beginning of an outstanding phenomenon who left the important legacy that should never be forgotten.
"From hand to mouth" has more of a Chaplin vibe to it with a storyline including the girl needed to be rescued but Lloyd brings a new approach to it by adding extensive chase sequences and non-stop action that he perfects in his later movies and which would inevitably become his trademark. The movie is a feel-good comedy that you can help enjoying every second of its 21-minute runtime; everything in the movie is filled with humor, sarcasm and sharp metaphors, even the title cards.
Harold Lloyd was and still is a great talent as an actor, a stunt man and as a comedian and his movies are timeless, one of a kind, joyous and hilariously funny. This one, along with so many other short feature pictures, is only the beginning of an outstanding phenomenon who left the important legacy that should never be forgotten.