An Eastern Westerner (1920)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Hal Roach

Escritores:

Frank Terry (writer)
H.M. Walker (titles)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

2 mayo 1920 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Corto | Familia | Del Oeste

Plot:

Blase eastern boy is shipped off to a ranch in the 'wild west ' by his father.

Plot Keywords:

Two Reeler | Dancing | Cheating At Cards | Mistaken Identity | Saloon

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Unrefined, But Pretty Amusing

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	The Boy
Mildred Davis	...	The Girl
Noah Young	...	Tiger Lip Tompkins, The Bully, Leader of the Masked Angels
James T. Kelley		(as Jim Kelley)
Sammy Brooks
Mark Jones
Wallace Howe

Duración:

20 min | USA:23 min | USA:24 min (Turner library print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Clasificación:

UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Rolin Films

Trivialidades:

Shortly before this film was made, Harold Lloyd was involved in an accident where a "prop" bomb exploded as he held it in his hand. Lloyd lost his thumb and index finger on his right hand in the explosion. The Goldwyn family had a flesh-colored prosthetic glove made for him so that he could continue his movie work. In many scenes in this movie, you will note that Lloyd's right hand is deliberately not being used. Furthermore, with some of the stunts Lloyd performs, it's difficult to tell that he is handicapped at all!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Keepers of the Frame (1999)

Unrefined, But Pretty Amusing

For all that it's unrefined much of the time, this short Harold Lloyd comedy is funny and entertaining. After a slightly slow start, it has some very good material and some entertaining scenes. It also gives Lloyd a chance to perform the kinds of material that played to his strengths and that pleased his audiences.

The first part shows Lloyd as a lackadaisical young man whose family sends him out west to live with his uncle. The early sequences are a bit routine, but they have some good gags in them. Things really get moving once Lloyd arrives in the west, has to adjust to western ways, and then has to contend with the town bully (Noah Young, in a role well suited to him).

The story contains some good gags, and it builds up to a manic chase scene that has some very good moments. It's not as polished as Lloyd's later features, but it's pretty amusing.