April 30, 2009
Title: Our Hospitality
Year: 1923
Directors: John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton
Writer: Jean C. Havez, Clyde Bruckman & Joseph A. Mitchell
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Natalie Talmadge
Music: uncredited
Synopsis: a young man gets caught up in a family feud
Length: c. 75 minutes
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Subjective Rating: 5/10
Objective Rating: 3/10 (gets points for dialog, special effects/design and acting)
Pretty dull. There are some nice stunts near the end, but that’s about it.
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April 18, 2009
Title: Why Worry?
Year: 1923
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor
Writers: Sam Taylor, H.M. Walker, Tim Whelan, Ted Wilde
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wallace Howe, Jim Mason
Music: Robert Israel (for video release)
Synopsis: a hypochondriac millionaire vacations in South America during a revolution
How I saw it: “The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Vol. 1″ (rented from Netflix), today
Subjective Rating: 6/10
Objective Rating: 5/10 (points off for story, characters, dialog, cinematography and music)
Entertaining and fast-paced. It’s usually amusing, but not exceptionally so. The acting is better than I’ve come to expect from silent films; sometimes they even get a laugh from a shot of someone’s reaction to something. It’s a nice movie, but you’re not missing anything if you never see it.
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April 15, 2009
Title: Safety Last!
Year: 1923
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor
Writers: Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, H.M. Walker, Tim Whelan
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke
Distinctions: currently #221 on IMDb’s Top 250
Synopsis: a store clerk arranges a building-scaling promotional stunt, but ends up having to perform the stunt himself
How I saw it: “The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Vol. 1″ (rented from Netflix), July 2008
Subjective Rating: 6/10
Objective Rating: 3/10 (gets points for concept, special effects/design and subjective rating)
Not nearly as funny as I expected, but an okay movie. The actual climbing sequence is great, but unfortunately it’s only a small portion of the movie. Definitely worth seeing, though.
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