The Kid Brother
(1927)
84 mins | Comedy | 17 January 1927
Director:
Ted WildeWriters:
John Grey, Tom Crizer, Ted WildeCinematographer:
Walter LundinProduction Company:
Harold Lloyd Corp.The Jul 1926 AmCin reported that Walter Lundin was shooting Harold Lloyd's latest production, The Mountain Lad, directed by Lewis Milestone. However, Milestone did not work with Lloyd, and the only film Lundin and Lloyd did together during this period was The Kid Brother. The Mountain Lad, which fits the story, was probably a working title.
The story is based on an earlier Harold Lloyd feature, Grandma's Boy (1922, see entry).
According to John Bengtson's Silent Visions (Santa Monica, CA, 2011) most of the film was shot at the Lasky Ranch in Burbank, CA, adjacent to Los Angeles's Griffith Park. The ranch later became Forest Lawn Cemetery. Shipboard scenes were filmed on the western side of Catalina Island, CA.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. The Kid Brother was screened at the 2008 Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 22 February 2008, and at the 2024 San Francisco Silent Film Festival on 14 April 2024. ...
The Jul 1926 AmCin reported that Walter Lundin was shooting Harold Lloyd's latest production, The Mountain Lad, directed by Lewis Milestone. However, Milestone did not work with Lloyd, and the only film Lundin and Lloyd did together during this period was The Kid Brother. The Mountain Lad, which fits the story, was probably a working title.
The story is based on an earlier Harold Lloyd feature, Grandma's Boy (1922, see entry).
According to John Bengtson's Silent Visions (Santa Monica, CA, 2011) most of the film was shot at the Lasky Ranch in Burbank, CA, adjacent to Los Angeles's Griffith Park. The ranch later became Forest Lawn Cemetery. Shipboard scenes were filmed on the western side of Catalina Island, CA.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. The Kid Brother was screened at the 2008 Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 22 February 2008, and at the 2024 San Francisco Silent Film Festival on 14 April 2024.
Harold of Hickoryville, the bashful son of a country sheriff, is tricked into allowing a medicine show into town, headed by Mary Powers. His father instructs him to stop the show, but he only succeeds in becoming a butt for "Flash" Farrell's tricks, to the delight of Hank Hooper, the town bully, who accidentally sets the tent on fire. Harold's father orders them to leave town, then is himself accused of stealing public funds actually stolen by Flash. Convinced of his inferiority, Harold declines to join the search party, but unwittingly he finds himself confronted with Sandoni and Flash, who are dividing the swag. Harold's cleverness wins over Sandoni's strength when he discovers the brute's fear of water; he saves the Hickory name and wins the ...
Harold of Hickoryville, the bashful son of a country sheriff, is tricked into allowing a medicine show into town, headed by Mary Powers. His father instructs him to stop the show, but he only succeeds in becoming a butt for "Flash" Farrell's tricks, to the delight of Hank Hooper, the town bully, who accidentally sets the tent on fire. Harold's father orders them to leave town, then is himself accused of stealing public funds actually stolen by Flash. Convinced of his inferiority, Harold declines to join the search party, but unwittingly he finds himself confronted with Sandoni and Flash, who are dividing the swag. Harold's cleverness wins over Sandoni's strength when he discovers the brute's fear of water; he saves the Hickory name and wins the girl.
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