Hot Water (1924 film)
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Producer Harold Lloyd | 7.3/10 Genre Comedy Duration Country US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent film
English intertitles Director Fred C. Newmeyer
Sam Taylor Writer Thomas J. Gray , Sam Taylor , Tim Whelan , John Grey Release date October 26, 1924 (1924-10-26) Directors Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Cast Harold Lloyd (Hubby), Jobyna Ralston (Wifey), Josephine Crowell (Her Mother), Charles Stevenson (Her Big Brother), Mickey McBan (Her Little Brother)Genres Silent film, Comedy, Black-and-white, Indie film Similar movies Related Fred C Newmeyer movies, Related Sam Taylor movies |
Harold lloyd hot water 1924
Hot Water is a 1924 silent film starring Harold Lloyd.
Contents
- Harold lloyd hot water 1924
- Hot water 1924 harold lloyd versus the turkey
- Plot
- Production
- Cast
- Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
- References
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, it features three episodes in the life of Hubby (Lloyd) as he struggles with domestic life with Wifey (Jobyna Ralston) and his in-laws.
Hot water 1924 harold lloyd versus the turkey
Plot
Episodic in nature (effectively three short films merged into one), the first episode features Hubby winning a live turkey in a raffle and taking it home on a crowded streetcar, much to the chagrin of the other passengers. The second features Hubby grudgingly taking the family en masse out on his brand new Butterfly Six automobile, and the third is an escapade with his sleepwalking mother-in-law.
Production
The film is a light comedy with minimal character development, and followed Lloyd’s early 1920s pattern of alternating what he called “gag pictures” with “character pictures”. Some distributors had complained about the length of his previous elaborate feature Girl Shy, and Hot Water was the response. Its storyline was also interesting as a unique departure from most of Lloyd’s 1920s features, because his character was married with a family, and was not striving for success, recognition, or romance. It was popular at the box office and grossed $1,350,000, an excellent return for a film of the period. The fictional "Butterfly Six" was in reality a 1923 Chevrolet Superior Sedan.
Cast
Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
In 1962, the "live turkey" and "Butterfly Six automobile" sequences were included in a compilation film produced by Harold Lloyd himself entitled Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and created a renewal of interest in the comedian by introducing him to a whole new generation.
References
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