Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Hal Roach

Guionista:

H.M. Walker (titles)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

2 noviembre 1919 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Corto

Plot:

Young playwright (Lloyd) spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress (Daniels) in a theatrical boarding house...

Plot Keywords:

Boarding House | Playwright | Police Raid | Two Reeler | Number 13

Comentarios de los usuarios:

BUMPING INTO Broadway (Hal Roach, 1919) ***

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	The Boy
Bebe Daniels	...	Actress
'Snub' Pollard	...	Director of Musical Comedy
Helen Gilmore	...	Landlady aka The Bearcat
Gus Leonard	...	Desperate Spinster
Noah Young	...	The Bearcat's Bouncer
William Gillespie	...	Stage Door Johnnie

Duración:

23 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Clasificación:

UK:U

Compañía:

Rolin Films

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "American Masters: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius" (1989)

BUMPING INTO Broadway (Hal Roach, 1919) ***

Despite the title, the plot of this Harold Lloyd short is evenly distributed among three different settings: a boarding-house, a theater and an exclusive club. As in FROM HAND TO MOUTH (1919), comedy emerges out of the characters' desperation - but there's no denying the assuredness of the gags (in fact, I'd say that this one's an even better film) and, in any case, H.M. Walker's title cards are among the wittiest for a Silent that I've come across! Lloyd is in his element as the perennial dreamer, a novice playwright, and Bebe Daniels is an ideal co-star as an aspiring Broadway star. Still, the best scenes are probably those set in the casino - where the penniless Lloyd accidentally cops himself a large sum of money but, needless to say, he's not allowed to reap the rewards of his fortune because the joint is raided soon after by the Police!