With this three-reeler, silent-era film comedian Harold Lloyd was poised to reach for and attain his eventual fame as star of full-fledged feature films. Lloyd plays a nobody whose only skill is the ability to convincingly ape the manners of British royalty. His spot-on impressions of an English lord persuade a family of social climbers he's the real thing, prior to his fox hunt unmasking.
Among Those Present, c.1924, Coloration on Fine LinenAB Skandia Filmindustri Sweden (1918 - 1919) |
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With this three-reeler, silent-era film comedian Harold Lloyd was poised to reach for and attain his eventual fame as star of full-fledged feature films. Lloyd plays a nobody whose only skill is the ability to convincingly ape the manners of British royalty. His spot-on impressions of an English lord persuade a family of social climbers he's the real thing, prior to his fox hunt unmasking. |
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