Until the early 1920s, Harold Lloyd was a prolific but very forgettable film comedian. He made a ton of short films from 1913-1920 but most are only fair to middling in quality...and you'd probably never suspect he'd go on to be the most popular comedian of the 1920s based on these early films. "Back to the Woods" is a bit better than average for Lloyd during this period...but that doesn't mean it's exactly a must-see film.
Like other films of the era, his co-star is Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels is along for the ride...a familiar trio in a not so familiar setting. Here, the setting is the American West and Snub and Harold are city boys in an unfamiliar surrounding. Most of the laughs concern wild bears but these and the rest of the laughs are only mildly funny. Instead, I see it more as a training ground for the later Lloyd....and so I recommend this film mostly to huge Lloyd fans...of which I've been one for many years.
Like other films of the era, his co-star is Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels is along for the ride...a familiar trio in a not so familiar setting. Here, the setting is the American West and Snub and Harold are city boys in an unfamiliar surrounding. Most of the laughs concern wild bears but these and the rest of the laughs are only mildly funny. Instead, I see it more as a training ground for the later Lloyd....and so I recommend this film mostly to huge Lloyd fans...of which I've been one for many years.
