Harold Lloyd

...outrunning stuff since the earliest Tarzan adventures, since the Keystone Kops first gave chase, since (sorta) silent-film comedian Harold Lloyd first stepped unwittingly out of the way of certain death. </p><p> As connected as the idea is to...

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...year. One is his Beverly Hills mansion "Green Acres," a 44-room Italian Renaissance palazzo built in the 1920s by silent film star Harold Lloyd. More recently it was a favourite overnight rest stop for Burkle's buddy, Bill Clinton.

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...by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts features the Harold Lloyd Sound Stage; Lloyd was a donor to the film school. The 2001 Futurama episode "That's Lobstertainment!" was a tribute...

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Larry Harnisch reflects on Los Angeles history Update: Jobyna Ralston with Harold Lloyd in "Girl Shy," in a photo marked April 20, 1924. Jan. 23, 1967: Jobyna Ralston dies at the age of 66. Just a reminder on how this works: I post...

In this article: Jobyna Ralston, Girl Shy, and Annie Hall

...looks somewhat careworn circa 1921. The established and emerging American clowns, notably Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, must have seemed appreciably younger and fresher. They might have defied competition from any...

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...overplays, just by a shade, Larry's strangled panic. (With his big glasses and shock of hair, he looks a bit like a frantic Harold Lloyd.) Both actors are probably giving the Coens what they want - the brothers have always liked performances...

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The Korean filmmaker's 'Night and Day' makes its L.A. premiere with the director in attendance. Harold Lloyd aspires to campus prominence in the silent film "The Freshman." (May 17, 2002) South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo's "Night and...

In this article: Oscar, Karl Malden, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hong Sang-soo, Marlon Brando, The Freshman, and UCLA

Compulsive behavior can make for great comedy, and Dicks makes the most of it. I don't know if the author has watched any Harold Lloyd movies, but he certainly brings the dangling-man-in-peril feel to some of Martin's second-story...

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...located in the Benedict Canyon section of Beverly Hills, California. Built in the 1920s by silent film star Harold Lloyd, it remained Lloyd's home until his death in 1971. The estate originally consisted of a 44-room mansion, golf course,...

In this article: Los Angeles Times, Ted Field, Mary Pickford, Lloyds, and Douglas Fairbanks

On New DVDs, Harold Lloyd's Silent Films Stand The Test of Time The films of the great silent-film star Harold Lloyd inspire two kinds of laughter. Mostly there is a mild, knowing laughter, a laughter that acknowledges, across the space...

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