Harold Lloyd in THE FLIRT (1917)

[lanoid]

I allways remember the theme but i haven't seen it since i was like 6 or 7 about 20 something years ago damn im getting on

[triciat42]

He is timelessly funny. I saw my first Harold LLoyd movies on TCM a couple of years back and laughed like crazy. If I'm not mistaken, he did his own stunts. A very athletic fellow.

[Threetails]

I see this is a transfer from a Pathex reel. I just found such a reel at an antique store in Tucson, but not having a Pathex projector I couldn't watch it. Thanks for posting this!

[ronniesoak2003]

The restuarant owner is played by Snub pollard. 

[ronniesoak2003]

The waiter is played by Snub pollard.

[eriqueali]

bringing back the old days................ lovely!!!! wat a nostalgic feeling dis brings to me. though was a child, i remember the joy and happiness it use to give me..........................gl­ad 2 see it again.

[C3P0meetsData]

Man, I wish it was still this easy to get hired. He just puts on the uniform and starts working.

[ItamarCorp]

this is the first time i actually see the split on banana in a movie and not as a goof on "the old split on banana joke"

[superdavid002]

I mention Lloyd in The Celebrity Song.

[blackterror89]

Harold Lloyd is one of the greatest!

His 117th birthday just passed.

[bilacola]

wow... this film will be 100 years old in 7 years time

[RedTango]

It's dated 1922 because this was transferred from a Pathex home movie created for hand cranked projectors. The original theater release date was 1917. I just uploaded one I transferred as well which is also dated 1922 but released 5 years previously. "Rainbow Island."

[webboffin]

I can vouch the film was made in 1917, do any quick internet search will give you the year 1917.

Also:

Bebe Daniels is not in 1922 movies with Harold but left in 1919 to go her own way in Hollywood. Lloyd replaced Daniels with Mildred Davis and that is definately Bebe Daniels in this movie short so it is pre-1919.

[chkjns]

added this to 1917 in my 110 music playlists for each year since 1900.

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[voodude12]

In the title, it says 1922, not 1917.

[medicaldoctor369]

AWW the Harold Lloyd marathon on TCM was today I almost spent all day in front of the TV

I love Harold Lloyd!

[laurenkendrick]

I literally did spend all day watching the marathon haha

He's soo lovely

[alexandshady]

Me Too, But Now It's Over :'(

[retrohippie]

Before the time of huge fast food chains...

Before the time of "Made in China"

I wish I could have lived in such an appreciated time. A time where you could walk right into a place, looking for hire, and have the job just like that. ;]

Gotta love Harold Lloyd films

[journeymanwriter]

@retrohippie Sure you could -- if you weren't black, Jewish, Irish, a woman, or a member of other groups to numerous to name . . .

[lomertamahon1]

@journeymanwriter Fuck your multicultural bullshit you liberal fagget.

[dannysquirrel]

@lomertamahon1 faggot is spelled with an o. There's no such thing as a fagget.

[apk1215]

@journeymanwriter Complete rubbish. They'd hire anyone who could make them more money! NO group was excluded IF they could make them more money.

[marius478]

I still love the old banana peel routine! I may have this on a DVD I received from Kino Video;I'll have to see.

[BSNFabricating]

OUCH!! I've been in that situation way too many times... =/

[empuyak]

thanks for sharing..my most favorite comedian

[xoio]

0:07 = how can this be 1917 when the actually credits show  MCMXXII which is 1922 !!!!

[praguephotog]

My guess is that 1922 is when copyright was applied for it, or that it was rereleased in that year. It was definitely 1917, because Bebe Daniels, who is Harold's leading lady here, was no longer working in his movies by 1922.

[Birdmanbenji]

Great, a legend indeed! Ohh and a typical single man in this, hahaha,so funny this movie!!

[video1688]

I love old movies. This is great memories.

[dahotwon]

Happy Birthday Harold Lloyd!!! (April 20)

[JRDL1981]

very nice and VERY classic movie....thanks a lot for sharing it!!!!

[AlinaH2O]

This is one of the best Harold Lloyd's clips he's ever made he's pretty hot! Especially with his round glasses

[AlinaH2O]

One of Harold Lloyd's coolest clips to watch as a silent actor he's pretty hot! He's best known as his unusual round glasses.

[StAcKBuNd3lZs]

dis shit wack where da commedy at son

[supercoollloyd21]

Harold lloyd is related to me and its true because he is my dads great grandpas cousin or something like that and its so cool my name is hunter lloyd so now u cant say im lying

[Asparagusville]

[Harold Lloyd lost a thumb & forefinger

posing for a photo with a dummy bomb.

Conjecture is riddled with inexactitudes.]

[DionsDoll]

i love harold llyod! expecally his move "movie crazy"

[XjennydontbehastyX]

uhm sorry to lower the tone but, damn what a great arse!

my favourite silent actor =]

[JackCelliars]

This is a good sample of the silent era. Thanks for posting it.

[GeminiNightOwl]

I don't see Harold moving or looking like Chaplin at all. In fact I think he eased right into the glass character as Chaplin eased into the Tramp. Film speeds make things look much different than they actually were. Harold looks great at any speed!

[HaroldLloydEnt]

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[dalvar02]

triangular smile, that's a perfect description...love it.

[ferociousgumby]

Funny that he still looks and moves something like Chaplin here: hasn't worked out all the details of the Glass Character yet, including his distinctive jaunty, somewhat tense and choppy walk and gestures, and his patented run (what I call "the bird in flight": his arms shoot straight out like wings, then he takes off like the Roadrunner, beep-beep and he's gone!)

[freyjagirl]

I love his funny triangular smile! Harold Lloyd was so cute.

[classicallyanne]

Very cute! I'd never seen this one. Good editing job! It's also nice to see Harold with both his hands intact before the accident. Thanks for posting it!

[ferociousgumby]

only a shadow of the great things to come

(come harold. . .)

[domdadomdom]

As a child in the late 70s Harold Lloyd was on BBC2 followed by The Innes Book of Records. It used to be on on a Friday, which was Fish'n'chips day in my family. To see this now at the age of 39 has been a true pleasure. Thank you.

[pertuk]

IIRC it was on before "Monkey" on friday afternoons

[ferociousgumby]

Harold is a F-O-X!

I was born at the wrong time.

[blackjack100]

klangkrieg it's wonderful, well done.

[samukenzo75]

Excellent old movie of 1912, Harold Lloyd was the best comedian than Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy & Stan Laurent, thank you klankrieg for rescue that wonderful movie. Greetings from Mexico.

[dalvar02]

Harold Lloyd the best. Love him!

[dalvar02]

Loooove harold. So cute.

[missgotitgood00]

He's cute. But Charlie Chaplin has a lot more talent.

[dalvar02]

This is your opinion, not a fact.

I believe that what's funny is very subjective. I don't find Chaplin funny that much. And I have seen his films. On the other hand, by just looking at Harold makes me laugh.

[dalvar02]

That's your opinion, just like my opinion is that Harold is more talented.

[BigMike1018]

Your all wrong. Buster Keaton FTW!!!

[Horace01]

Fired!

[Perranporth]

This is top notch stuff!

[doppelganger74]

This footage is actually from 1922 if you check the roman numerals at the start of the clip.

[Tracyskeleton]

Harold Lloyd,Charlie Chaplin,Buster Keaton etc all before their time,fantastic and did their own stunts.Tremendous!!

[michio]

i love silent films ^^ Even looking at the characters crack me up, cause' they look so funny! xD

[marvi858]

Harold Lloyd was the average man. I think more people related to him then Chaplin. My favorite was his last silent... Speedy.

[dalvar02]

Me too. I think Harold is so talented, funny and soooooooooo gorgeous!!

i can relate to him wanting to be the best he can be. He is so darn cute.

[dryflowerproductions]

Great! Im looking for a silent film to do for the talent show at school, anyone have any ideas?

[spacifical]

Yeah,not alot of the silent film stars are,which is unfortuante.Chaplin is perhaps the most well known.

[Americo1974]

A not so well known American star. Harold rocks!!

[starrynightz]

Thanks!

[raydeen2k]

Harold Lloyd > everybody.

[D4g4marc4]

The label says 1917 for the film but the Roman Numerals on the intro frame say MCMXXII for 1922.

But the clothes look closer to 1917. It could be old footage released again and this is why it is hard to date old silent movies.

[gulfpirate]

I think it's 1917 footage. Harold lost his right thumb in a freak accident in 1919, and had to trust in the use of a prosthetic glove and his own physical talents to conceal the injury in future films (that's right, he was hanging off the clock tower with only one thumb!) In these scenes he's using his right hand pretty naturally, and manipulating things a bit more finely with it, which suggests to me it's pre-1919 footage at least.

[grantclooney]

OK, not as good as Buster Keaton though!

[dessyesmerelda]

False.

[Kowneyn]

his style and charles chaplin are the same

[urlastkiss]

right on :) i love his films! cracks me right up :-D

[naelizam]

I do love Harold Lloyd, he's such a card!

[GekkoKamen]

Thank you for posting this gem by the way the year isn't 1917. MCMXXII = 1922 ;)

[Saraculture13]

I love Harold. :)

[Chub4ChubsRule]

nice. found this video from your link on alt.movies.silent what company put out the video that you got on ebay?