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Blase eastern boy is shipped off to a ranch in the 'wild west ' by his father.Blase eastern boy is shipped off to a ranch in the 'wild west ' by his father.Blase eastern boy is shipped off to a ranch in the 'wild west ' by his father.
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- 1 nomination
Roy Brooks
- Shimmie Dancer
- (uncredited)
Sammy Brooks
- Small Role
- (uncredited)
Ben Corbett
- Rope Twirler
- (uncredited)
William Gillespie
- Dance Hall Manager
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaShortly before this film was made, Harold Lloyd was involved in an accident where a "prop" bomb exploded as he held it in his hand. Lloyd lost his thumb and index finger on his right hand in the explosion. The Goldwyn family had a flesh-colored prosthetic glove made for him so that he could continue his movie work. In many scenes in this movie, you will note that Lloyd's right hand is deliberately not being used. Furthermore, with some of the stunts Lloyd performs, it's difficult to tell that he is handicapped at all.
- GoofsAt 23:45 into the movie, The Boy is being chased by the Masked Angels. For a couple of minutes, his hat disappears and then reappears on his head.
- Quotes
intertitle: The Time: Several thousand cocktails before the Prohibition Hour.
- ConnectionsFeatured in American Masters: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
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First Where Lloyd's Hair Stands On End
Beside the clock-hanging image, today's viewers are familiar with Lloyd's trademark picture of his hair standing up on end in the middle of sticky situations, similar to that of young director David Lynch. One of his first films with the hair spiking upwards was seen in May 1920's "An Eastern Westerner." The hair shot, introduced here, was always a close-up with Lloyd looking straight into camera in utter shock.
Lloyd plays his familiar 'Boy' character as a hedonistic son of a wealthy family who's sent out West to his uncle's ranch to tamp down his bad habits. He runs into the nearby town's villainous enforcer, who has his heart set on Mildred Davis. Lloyd gets in the way and is chased by the town enforcers Masked Angles, a posse resembling the KKK with hooded heads.
In a thrilling final sequence D. W. Griffith would envy, the comedian single-handedly evades the chasing horsemen, repeatedly slithering through and over the members of the Masked Angels. Lloyd's stunts are especially unbelievable considering this was one of the first movies he operated basically with one hand.
Lloyd plays his familiar 'Boy' character as a hedonistic son of a wealthy family who's sent out West to his uncle's ranch to tamp down his bad habits. He runs into the nearby town's villainous enforcer, who has his heart set on Mildred Davis. Lloyd gets in the way and is chased by the town enforcers Masked Angles, a posse resembling the KKK with hooded heads.
In a thrilling final sequence D. W. Griffith would envy, the comedian single-handedly evades the chasing horsemen, repeatedly slithering through and over the members of the Masked Angels. Lloyd's stunts are especially unbelievable considering this was one of the first movies he operated basically with one hand.
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- springfieldrental
- Oct 8, 2021
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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