A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Fred C. Newmeyer

Escritores:

Hal Roach (story) &
Sam Taylor (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 diciembre 1921 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Plot:

An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Rescue | Port | Hypen In Title | Medical Examiner

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Lloyd's First Feature

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	The Boy
Mildred Davis	...	The Girl
Noah Young	...	The Rowdy Element
Dick Sutherland	...	Maharajah of Khairpura-Bhandanna

Duración:

USA:46 min (2002 restoration) | USA:47 min (Turner library print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Clasificación:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G

Locaciones de Filmación:

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

Compañía:

Hal Roach Studios

Trivialidades:

Both Lloyd and Hal Roach would haul the initial cuts of their films to theaters in the outskirts of Los Angeles for unannounced test screenings. They would carefully gauge the reactions of these audiences to individual scenes and re-cut the films accordingly. This film was unusual in that it was conceived as a 2-reel short but the 4-reel (just over 40 minutes) first cut tested so strongly with the test audience they were loathe to cut any of it. By audience default, it became his first feature-length comedy, by accident.

Errores:

Continuidad: When The Girl takes the cigar away from the old woman on the streets of Khairpura-Bhandanna, she turns and sees Harold approaching; she then immediately reaches out her arms to embrace him and she's holding the cigar in her right hand. In the next shot, as she has her arms around Harold's neck, the cigar is now in her left hand.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "American Masters: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius" (1989)

Lloyd's First Feature

A brash millionaire, Harold Lloyd, impulsively joins the Navy to prove his worth to his girlfriend's rich father in this pleasant if unspectacular comedy. "Sailor Made Man" was Harold Lloyd's first feature comedy, which, according to reports, was originally conceived as a short film which grew increasingly longer. That evolution can be detected in the rather simple plot and lack of sophistication in regard to character development. In this film, Lloyd goes from being an insufferably selfish jerk to a somewhat normal sailor in about the length of one title card. Still, there are sufficient laughs, and a certain innocence to the romance that can't help but bring a smile, even if the film isn't as rich and assured as some of the features that followed. Not the best place to start for someone unfamiliar with Harold Lloyd, but a definite for fans.