Grandma's Boy (1922)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Fred C. Newmeyer

Escritores:

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 septiembre 1922 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Familia

Frase comercial:

Where Laughter Reigns and Joy Pours!

Plot:

Always the mama's boy, or in this case a grandma's boy, Sonny joins a posse after a tramp accused of robbery and murder...

Plot Keywords:

Bully | Tramp | Fugitive | Murder | Cowardice

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Getting Courage With Mr. Lloyd

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	Grandma's Boy
Mildred Davis	...	His Girl
Anna Townsend	...	His Grandma
Charles Stevenson	...	His Rival / Union General
Dick Sutherland	...	The Rolling Stone
Noah Young	...	Sheriff of Dabney County

También conocida como:

El mimado de la abuelita (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:60 min (21.5 fps) | USA:56 min (2002 release)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Clasificación:

UK:U | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | Portugal:17 (director's cut)

Locaciones de Filmación:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Hal Roach Studios

Trivialidades:

The flashback scenes set in the Civil War are actually the original short around which this movie was built.

Errores:

Continuidad: Grandma's boy puts six mothballs in the chocolate box. His girl gives him one from the box, but when his rival later picks up two, there are seven mothballs in the box instead of five.

Conexiones de Película:

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

Banda de Sonido:

You Are the Ideal of My Dreams

Getting Courage With Mr. Lloyd

GRANDMA'S BOY is a terribly timid fellow until the old lady decides to instill some much needed courage into him.

This sweetly poignant and very funny film started off as a two-reeler, but star Harold Lloyd, with the approval of producer Hal Roach, kept adding gags until the completed picture ran about an hour. Harold also wanted something else - to instill a serious element to the story and his character, an innovation new to American comedy films.

He succeeded brilliantly, with the finished film a joy, blending the hilarious and the sentimental seamlessly. As always, Harold is a special treat to watch, his amazing athletic abilities made even more impressive by the fact that he was missing half of his right hand. The plot makes Harold deal with both a contemptible bully and a vicious tramp, giving our hero full opportunity for running, falling, leaping & almost endless fisticuffs, all of which he carries off with great skill and good humor. And just to show that his bag of tricks is not depleted Harold throws in an uproarious Civil War flashback to delight the viewer.

Lovely Mildred Davis plays the girl of Harold's dreams. Charles Stevenson as the Rival and Dick Sutherland as the Tramp both make wonderful villains. Noah Young, who so often played the heavy in Harold's films, here has the relatively small role as the sheriff of Blossom Bend. Best of all is sweet elderly Anna Townsend, playing Harold's little darling of a grandma; whether attacking the Tramp with a broom or rejoicing at her grandson's newly found courage, she remains the heart of this very special movie. Anna Townsend would die the following year, 1923, at the age of 78.

Robert Israel has composed an excellent film score which perfectly complements Harold's antics on the screen.