For Heaven's Sake (1926)

The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston) who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) mission. In order to build up ... See full summary »

Director:

Sam Taylor

Writers:

Ted Wilde (story), John Grey (story),

Stars:

Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Harold Lloyd	...	The Uptown Boy
Jobyna Ralston	...	The Downtown Girl
Noah Young	...	The Roughneck
Jim Mason	...	The Gangster (as James Mason)
Paul Weigel	...	The Optimist

Storyline

The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston) who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causing trouble, and winds up with a crowd chasing him right into the mission. He eventually wins the girl and they marry, but not without some interference from his high-brow friends.

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Plot Keywords:

mission | millionaire | kidnapping | police | charity | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1926 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ay, mi madre

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min 58 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was the first shown in the Museum of Modern Art's festival tribute to film comedy in 1976.

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Goofs

When the car which was involved in the gun fight rolls to a stop, it stops on regular road. In the next shot it has been moved on to a train track.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Fast moving Harold Lloyd comedy full of energy and sight gags...

There's a non-stop orgy of sight gags and pratfalls throughout this Harold Lloyd comedy, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE. Lloyd is a carefree millionaire who is dazzled by a pretty mission girl from the other side of the tracks. Once they connect, it's love at first sight and from then on Lloyd tries to please the girl and her missionary father by bringing as many new clients to their sermons as he can.

He visits the local pool hall to round up a bunch of toughs by making them chase him through the streets. This leads to one of the wildest scenes in the movie as the foot chase is full of inventive gags. He succeeds in rounding up enough hooligans to fill the mission just as police arrive on the scene looking for stolen jewelry. Again, the situations are all played for broad comedy and most of it works.

The climactic chase aboard a double decker bus is wildly choreographed for maximum comic effect--but truth be told, by this time the slapstick has been piled on so thick that the final chase seems anticlimactic.

By the time it's all over, you realize that Lloyd has told a story with very little plotting involved. It's a thin yarn stretched out over a series of sight gags--all of which he executes with perfect timing. But enough is enough. It gets a bit wearisome before it's all over and boy ends up with mission girl. The End.