A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his home town.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Harold Lloyd | ... | Harold - Grandma's Boy | |
| Mildred Davis | ... | Mildred - Harold's Girl | |
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Anna Townsend | ... | Harold's Grandma |
| Charles Stevenson | ... | Harold's Rival | |
| Dick Sutherland | ... | The Rolling Stone | |
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Noah Young | ... | Sheriff of Dabney County |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jack Morgan | ... | Little Boy with Grandma (scenes deleted) | |
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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. He is unable to conquer his cowardice until Grandma tells him of his grandfather, also a coward, who overcame his fears with the help of a magic amulet. With new courage (and the charm), Sonny captures the fugitive and becomes the hero of the day. Written by Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
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young man in tight pants | cowardly hero | bully comeuppance | double barreled shotgun | shyness |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 September 1922 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
He Who Hesitates See more »Filming Locations:
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$94,412 (estimated)Gross USA:
$261,400, 31 December 1922Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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(1910) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Herbert Ingraham
Sheet music shown before The Girl plays it on piano
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The $10 for Harold's suit would equate to $148 in 2018. See more »Goofs
Right after Harold has been deputized, he enters the barn and lets off a shotgun blast which stirs up a flock of chickens. In the long shot, the chickens are flying around Harold and he still holds the rifle; in the next shot, a medium shot, his hands are empty; in the following shot, which is another long shot, he's once again holding the rifle. See more »Quotes
Title Card: .The place. BLOSSOM BEND: One of those slow towns where the Tuesday morning Express arrives Wednesday afternoon. If Monday's train gets out of the way.See more »
Soundtracks
You Are the Ideal of My Dreams(1910) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Herbert Ingraham
Sheet music shown before The Girl plays it on piano
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Another fun Lloyd movie, set in the standard small, rural town of silent movies. (I always wonder how close those were to reality.) Lloyd is endearing as a timid boy, and displays some fine acting as well as comic ability. Anna Townsend as Lloyd's grandma is refreshingly both tough and likeable, a bonus for the modern female viewer. Mildred Davis (Lloyd's future wife) doesn't have a huge part, but plays it well. (Though I wonder about the childlike clothes she wears; would anyone over 13 really have sported a massive hair bow in 1922?) The movie seems to have had great influence: the civil-war sequence must have been an inspiration for Keaton's "The General", and a flashback to Harold's boyhood shows how his distinctive bespectacled look even helped create Harry Potter. As usual, several good animal actors. There is one joke--having to do with a white family's black butler--that is in kind of questionable taste, but it could be construed as more of a comment on class than race. You'll enjoy watching this with your kids (or without!)