For Heaven's Sake (1926)

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Director:

Sam Taylor

Writers:

Ted Wilde (story), John Grey (story)

Stars:

Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Harold Lloyd	...	J. Harold Manners, The Uptown Boy
Jobyna Ralston	...	Hope, The Downtown Girl
Noah Young	...	Bull Brindle,The Roughneck
Jim Mason	...	The Gangster (as James Mason)
Paul Weigel	...	Brother Paul, 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:

double decker bus | trolley car | rich boy poor girl | love at first sight | skid row | 

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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:

A nős hős

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Gross USA:

$577,310, 31 December 1926

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was one of Harold Lloyd's most successful films at the box office and the 12th highest-grossing film of the Silent Era.

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Goofs

In the runaway bus sequence, when Harold is on the topless bus trying to gain access to the wheel, his boater is knocked toward the rear of the bus by the banner hanging over the roadway. In the next scene, we see him wearing the hat and climbing onto the bonnet of the bus. When he slips on the banana peel and falls down by the front lights he is no longer wearing the hat. When he crashes through the windscreen, again, the hat is not with him. When the motorcycle policeman attempts to ticket him, however, he grabs the boater from the inside of the vehicle and makes good his escape.

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Quotes

Title Card: The Grotto Cafe, in Slattery Square - Bohemian and table d'hokum.

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Connections

Featured in Scoring for Comedy (2005)

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.