Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some i... Alles lesenA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- Auszeichnungen
- 4 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung
- The Floorwalker
- (as Westcott B. Clarke)
- Friednly Cop
- (Nicht genannt)
- Man in strawboater hat
- (Nicht genannt)
- Man Laughing from Window
- (Nicht genannt)
- Bystander at climbing
- (Nicht genannt)
- Laundry truck driver
- (Nicht genannt)
- Newsboy with Freckles
- (Nicht genannt)
- Worker with Acetylene Torch
- (Nicht genannt)
- Newsboy with Cap
- (Nicht genannt)
- General manager's assistant
- (Nicht genannt)
- Department Store Customer
- (Nicht genannt)
- Blonde woman at window
- (Nicht genannt)
- Man with Flowers
- (Nicht genannt)
- …
- Noose man at Station
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesStuntman Harvey Parry revealed for the first time in the television documentary, Hollywood - Geschichten aus der Stummfilmzeit (1980), that Harold Lloyd actually climbed a fake building facade that was constructed over another building's rooftop, positioned so the camera angle could capture the street scene below. Harvey Parry also revealed that he doubled for Lloyd in the long shots of him climbing the building in the distance. Up until then, even the Time-Life version of Ausgerechnet Wolkenkratzer oder der Luftikus (1923) that was aired on PBS contained an opening title declaring that Harold Lloyd climbed the building himself and without the use of a stuntman or trick photography. The stuntman chose to suppress this information until Lloyd's death, and yet, he did not want to detract from the danger of Lloyd's actual stunt work. Lloyd performed the majority of the stunts himself on the rigged facade over a small platform, which was built near the rooftop's edge and still had to be raised a great height to get the proper street perspective for the camera. The size of the platform did not offer much of a safety net, and had Lloyd fallen, there was the risk he could have tumbled off the platform.
- PatzerWhen Harold Lloyd has a mouse up his trouser leg and falls to be hanging on the ledge by his fingertips, he has shifted to a stunt double;: Lloyd parts his hair on the right side, but the stunt double has his part on the left.
- Zitate
Old Lady With Flower Hat: Young man, don't you know you might fall and get hurt?
- Alternative VersionenIn 1990, The Harold Lloyd Trust and Photoplay Productions presented a 73-minute version of this film in association with Thames Television International, with a musical score written by Carl Davis. The addition of modern credits stretched the time to 74 minutes.
- VerbindungenEdited into The Clock (2010)
Harold Lloyd, one of the three great silent comics along with Chaplin and Keaton, carved out a niche that was distinct from the others in that he was always working from within the system where Chaplin and Keaton were either outcasts or rebels. Here he shows that success is possible and laudable, but it is often done in small and even reluctant steps. My favorite scene isn't the long one where he climbs the side of the building. Instead my favorite is where Harold shows Mildred around the office of the store's general manager - she believes that is who he is - and manages to sidestep every potentially catastrophic situation with great ingenuity.
Something that others may or may not appreciate but that I always enjoyed is that, since much of this is taking place in a 1920s department store, there is a real opportunity to see the advertised high fashions of the day versus what average people are wearing. And also there is perhaps a goof shown. When Lloyd does his famous climb up the side of a building you can clearly see another tall building with a sign saying "Blackstone's - California's Finest Store". There really was such a building, in Los Angeles. Though the film never says what big city Harold has traveled to in order to seek his fortune, his character is supposed to be from Indiana. That would be quite a trip in 1923 when Chicago is much closer. Just something weird that I happened to notice.
If you are just getting familiar with Lloyd I'd start with this one. It really demonstrates everything he was good at.
- AlsExGal
- 7. Okt. 2023
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- Sicherheit spielt keine Rolle
- Drehorte
- Atlantic Hotel, Broadway, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(facade, clock tower scene)
- Produktionsfirma
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Box Office
- Budget
- 121.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 14 Minuten
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.33 : 1