Harold Lloyd, Never Weaken, Part Five
November 12, 2008, admin
This is ‘thrill comedy’ at its best. I love the part where he grabs the loose upright girder. Watching his clambering and climbing, it’s interesting to remember that Lloyd was missing a good portion of one of his hands, the result of an accident on the set of an earlier film.
Today, Harold Lloyd is - quite unjustifiably - an almost forgotten comic genius. Fortunately, there are now some fantastic collections on DVD. Watch Harold’s best films as they should be seen! Just follow the links below to find these at the cheapest prices available - they make ideal birthday or Christmas presents.
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Hi, from one silent movie fan to another!
Please watch the video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhcB063jixY&feature=related
which relates that Harvey Parry did Harold Lloyd’s stuntwork. The great film historian Kevin Brownlow interviewed many from the silent era, and his series “Hollywood” is full of interesting insights.
It might be a good idea if you could inform your readers of Harvey Parry’s stuntwork, as these days so many have a disregard of history and facts, and this man deserves some recognition.
Harold Lloyd is one of my favourite silent screen stars, but I have to put Keaton slightly ahead of him since Keaton did do his own stuntwork.
Hi and thanks for the comment and the great link. I loved the clips of the great Douglas Fairbanks. However, it’s not correct to say simply that “Harvey Parry did Harold Lloyd’s stuntwork”. Harvey Parry did a *proportion* of Lloyd’s stuntwork; Lloyd was quite capable of doing much of his own work. Parry mentions this himself in the video link.
To me, the clip you’re commenting on (from ‘Never Weaken’) looks very much like Lloyd in the majority of shots, which aren’t long shots. Note that Parry was commenting on ‘Safety Last’ in the video link.
Although it was once believed that Lloyd did ALL of his own stunts, reputable biographers such as Tom Dardis set the record straight.