He always had a gentle, friendly, charming manner about him,--a way of moving and expressing himself--right on through older age. Great to see him in 1953.
Wow, what a compliment Harold paid the show at the end - there was no 'need' for him to do that - he clearly simply wanted to make them feel good. That's a true gentleman for you.
Nice to see Harold Lloyd getting the warm welcome he deserved. He was indeed one of the greats. The building-climbing scene in Safety Last! is still terrifying more than 90 years later.
Lloyd died in 1971. I have always considered him the third least interesting of the 'golden age' comedians. Keaton was far cleverer, and certainly Laurel and Hardy far funnier.
@@garethbeare7319 So you covered the whole range of those comedians, so that you can tell which three were all the way at the bottom? Who are the two who rank even lower than he does, in your estimation ?
My father introduced me to old cinema and he was always a great fan of Lloyd. I am so glad to still have my father with me, but when the time comes that he's not, I wonder if I will be able to watch old films.
My husband and I became addicted to his movies. They are hilarious, and the genius behind them is such a gracious man. There are so many times I wondered how he survived his own antics, but, timing is everything.
I remember reading Harold Lloyd's autobiography long ago where he discussed making "The Freshman." Harold explained that although some of the stunts appeared to be dangerous, when he worked with professional football players, they knew how to avoid injuring him. But when the amateurs tackled him, he often got hurt.
@@joeambrose3260 do you really think that someone would look up the name of a director from the silent era just to get minimal clout from this one specific Whats My Line video? If you do then you must think that people have no lives whatsoever.
I'll second that emotion. This was by far the best game show that I've seen, but that isn't saying much. but in some ways maybe my favorite tv show until Dorothy was murdered. the wit and wisdom of Dorothy and Arlene was a much needed alternative to the extremely limited flavors of womanhood tv offered. the same was true of many of the female guests with very competent professions. Bennet Cerf was among the most boring comedians to me, but many great male comics in the 4th seat.
LOVE Harold too!! I remember in the late 70's when I was in high school our local public tv station aired THE FRESHMAN. I was the ONLY one in my family that watched it. I tried to explain how amazing he was. My family is into sports... and I STILL could NOT entice them lol
Harold Lloyd's appearance is certainly one of the most charming mystery-guest segments in its simplicity. I love to watch it. Lloyd is remembered by those of us today who may never have seen him in anything by the image from silent pictures of the man hanging off a large clock over a busy city street. In 1919 he lost the thumb and index finger of his right hand when he detonated a bomb which he thought was merely a harmless prop. I think he preferred not to be photographed in a way that might show this, but in this appearance he was quite un-self-conscious about the whole thing. None of the members of the panel were visibly taken aback by his handshake at the end.
Vahan and I were wondering how he managed to sign in with his right hand here. I would have thought he'd have had to learn to write with his left hand after the accident.
Yes, now that you mention it, Harold Lloyd is carefully photographed so that rather than seeing his hand making the signature you see his back. Then, knowing that when he leaves to take his seat his right hand would be nearest the camera, the director focuses at length on the signature until he has taken his place at the desk.
Not only was Harold Lloyd one of the funniest stars of the silent era, he was the smartest. He owned all his movies and invested very wisely. At the time of his last movie in 1947, he was worth over $20 million.
Wow. I knew he would be smart and own his productions. Wonder what $20 m is equivalent to today, not that I am money orientated, if you know what I mean!!!
Wonderful to see silent scree comic legend Harold Lloyd. As many film buffs now, he lost two fingers on his right hand from an exploding prop back in the 20s. That's probably why the camera did NOT show him shaking hands with the host after signing in. If you look close at his right hand when he shakes hands with the panel as he leaves, you can notice fingers missing. Being a silent star, he didn't have to disguise his voice all that much. THANKS for sharing this gem !
Such a sweet and funny episode. Harold is probably my all-around favorite silent era comedian. On a separate note, Dorothy's laugh was adorable. I seem to forget that until its chirping pops up in the background again!
I knew Dorothy had him when she mentioned football. Lloyd is one of my favorites when TCM plays silent Sunday nights and one of his best known movies was The Freshman in 1925. His final movie was a hilarious but cynical sequel to that in 1947 where he gets fired from his job gets drunk, bets his life savings wins big and buys a circus. And if you see some of the stunts he pulled there at his age you can see why it was his last movie.
My Mother belonged to a group called the Rainbow Girls (she was a Worthy Advisor, sort of a President). They were associated with the Shriners. At the time, Harold Lloyd was the Supreme Potentate. In 1951, all of the Worthy Advisors in the Sacramento area went to a formal dinner in Sacramento, where they curtsied in front of Harold Lloyd before having dinner and then watched "Safety Last". My mom didn't notice Harold Lloyd's missing thumb when they shook hands. I've always wondered if Harold Lloyd bowled with his left hand. It's been documented that Lloyd was a champion bowler among his many pursuits.
It doesn't appear Mr. Loyd was wearing a prosthetic on his right hand that he used in movies to hide the missing thumb & forefinger he lost in a publicity gag gone wrong in 1919. That he could perform those breathtaking stunts with such an injured hand was amazing.
To go back in time and meet a living legend like Harold Lloyd -and so many of the other mystery guests that appeared on WML! Did the panel know how lucky they were to shake hands with these amazing people?
My favorite leading ladies were Jobyna Ralston and Mildred Davis. Jobyna Ralston replaced Mildred Davis after Mildred retired from acting to marry Harold.
Saying he didn't consider himself a romantic lead in his films 😏... very incorrect in my humble opinion... He is being very modest here ... ..just adorable as ever - even w/ a receding hairline👴🏼.👀. Still a handsome man...Beautiful..just my humble opinion.. 🕯️🙏🌷🌻🌺🌼🏵️🌸🌺💮💐 ...🌾🌾🌾🎓🤵🎩🏆...🎖️..🌾🌾🌾🌾🌻🌾🌾🌾🌼 ...🌹..💘 ..🗿...
Even though he aged quite well (he's over 60 here) you can tell Lloyd is older here because his glasses have lenses in them. During his heyday the trademark glasses he wore didn't have lenses in them because he didn't need them. He was always really happy when someone recognized him on the street without his glasses
18:47 Look closely at the way Harold holds the chalk...in 1919, a "prop" grenade (which, unfortunately, wasn't a prop) blew off Lloyd's right thumb and forefinger. He wore a special glove since then. That's why I'm giving this video one thumbs up.
Earlier in his career, Harold Lloyd lost some fingers due to a prop firecracker... it was real and he knew it, just didn't know how powerful it was. Watch around 24:48 when he shakes the panels hands. To think he did all those stunts without a few fingers. He is/was amazing.
Reminds me of the guitarist Django Reinhardt. In 1928 when he was 18 he lost the use of his ring finger and pinky of his left (fretting) hand due to a fire. He had to modify how he played and became a jazz great.
And in his films after that accident he wore a slim-fit tailored glove with built-in fingers to disguise his loss of own fingers.In some scenes you can tell, but mostly you wouldn't know unless you were in looking for it.
Which is probably why, as a courtesy, the camera shot of him signing in was taken from his back so that you couldn't see the fingers making the signature.
The two masters of physical comedy that make me laugh uncontrollably are Marty Feldman and Harold Lloyd. "Safety Last!" is marvelous, but I also love the scene in his 1928 movie, "Speedy" where Lloyd is a cab driver. Not only is it hilarious, but you see scenes of Old New York City at the time, including the Manhattan elevated train lines, long since torn down. There is also a section of the clip where Babe Ruth is his passenger and at the end of his time in the cab they are crossing the Macombs Dam Bridge and approaching Yankee Stadium.
Thanks for these great videos! The Harold Lloyd segment seems to confirm Cerf's statement that a lot of the celebrities didn't mind "losing" their rounds, because "winning" would indicate that they were forgotten or not as well-known as they'd like to be. (cf. Gale Storm's appearance)
You're very welcome! And yes, Gil Fates also writes about this in his book, where he talks about celebrities whose vocal disguise got thinner an thinner as their segments went on, because they were horrified at the prospect of not being guessed.
What's My Line? Thank you for this bit of information. I noticed that some of the celebrities vocal disguises got thinner, but I had not thought of this reason. I thought it was because the panel was at a point that they were inevitably going to guess who they were so they figured why bother to continue with the disguise.
Harold Lloyd was one of the top three male silent film stars along with Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Also, in one of his early silent films his right thumb and forefinger were blown off by accident and he continued on after that with prosthetic digits to mask that fact. He did not wear them for this show however as you can see when he shakes the panels hands. Truly one of the greats.
guyfihi Actually Mr. Lloyd lost his fingers not in a movie but while posing for publicity shots for Pathe Studios. Someone handed him a real bomb instead of a prop bomb. It's amazing he wasn't killed.
It is nice to see some conversation with the mystery guest after being identified. So many times they would be identified and walk out without saying another word. Yet they had time to squeeze another contestant in even though the guest would have been much more interesting and entertaining.
Incredible how young all the panelists looked back then…except for Bennett, who never seemed to change (he looked the same in 1963 as in 1953). Thoroughly delightful episode! Wish I could go back to 1953….
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I haven’t got to Harold Lloyd yet but I loved the segment with the woman who rivets the army cots. That was fantastic! OK, on to Harold Lloyd as the mystery guest. ❤️
That first contestant has one of the few post-war toothbrush moustaches I've seen. I've read that Harold Lloyd considered himself to be more of an actor playing a comedian than anything else; out of character he seems very pleasant. Very funny to watch Steve Allen feeling out just how much innuendo he can get away with on the "boy and girl" line of questioning.
Yes, I think that's an accurate description of Harold Lloyd. He was a highly talented actor who specialized in comedy, but he wasn't a comedian per se in the sense that Chaplin and Keaton were. Lloyd wasn't primarily responsible for creating the gags in his movies and didn't direct himself. But his best comedies are fully in the same league as the best of Chaplin and Keaton. Who one prefers as a favorite is really just a matter of personal tastes. They were all great.
Artie Shaw's episode (#3; March 2 1950) featured another man (the final contestant) with such a mustache. And his line was "exterminator"! You'd think it would have been "too soon" at the time, but apparently nobody thought anything of it. I certainly found it amusing.
Harold Lloyd belonged to the 3-D camera club and Marylin Monroe would visit his family so there are many 3-D photo's of her in His 3-D book also has many celebrities in it besides MM. The glasses are Polaroid so the 3-D is clear and colorful.
It sounded like even to the panel 1925 seemed so long ago b/c things had changed so much--technology, social mores, clothing, etc, but if you look at the dates it had actually been only 28 years. But things had changed a lot in that short time.
He built one of the biggest most beautiful homes in Beverly Hills Greenacres, which is still there and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and we thank God it was saved. RIP Mr. Lloyd you were wonderful.
I ran "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock" 1947 tonight and was interesting to see him here just 6 years later, looking much older. Leave it to Dorothy to bring up "The Freshman"..which was used in the 1947 film.
Mr. Hertzberg had several patents surrounding spats in the 1930s. If this is the same Mr. Hertzberg, he had a shoe store in Philadelphia, but had retired from it in 1948; he died in 1968, at the age of 87. (So he'd've been 72 here, which isn't too far outside the bounds of reason.) He had 4 kids, and a bunch of grand-kids, and helped found a (now defunct) Philadelphia Synagogue. Minimal obit: www.newspapers.com/clip/17125159/obit-of-jacob-hertzberg/
He was brilliant in Safety Last where he hangs onto a clock high on the side of a tower, He did stunts in his movies that I can't think of anybody doing in the last 50 years plus. In the 20's they were exploring new territory in movies and were willing to try anything. Buster Keaton did some great stunts too but not the vertigo inducing ones. Keaten in the Cameraman is one of my favorite comedies. The odd thing is that in the decades from 1930 till around 1990 NOBODY watched silent movies. When you discover the good ones today you shake your head because they are as good as any we've ever made. The Iron Horse, the Crowd, Wings, The Goldrush, The Cat and the Canary and of course from Germany, Pandora's Box. That was a troubling one. And of course almost anything that Lon Chaney was in.
Some of us were watching silent films in the 1960s and 1970s. A local library had some on 8mm "home movie" film reels, which could be checked out and projected at home. By the 1980s PBS was showing some of the Kevin Brownlow restorations done for Thames Television, as well as his documentaries like the 1980 series Hollywood: the Pioneers. It would be more nearly accurate to say "till around 1980 almost nobody watched silent movies" but even that ignores many earlier buffs like me.
@@neilmidkiff You got me there. But like with everything in life we make our judgements very subjectively. I never saw a silent till I got cable TV and Turner Movie Classics in 93. And it was eye opening. I had no idea that films as good as The First Automobile or the Iron Horse had been made back then. And there were a ton of great movies. And it is telling that the comedies hold up and it is going on to a century. The 20's hold up well compared to any decade since then.
@@karlschwinbarger105 I agree fully with your appreciation. The thrilling action sequences in the comedies of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd are far more enjoyable than the computer-generated special effect action scenes in today's films, because they actually had to be acted...maybe not quite as risky as they appear, but not completely faked either. And in silent films of all genres, good directors then realized that there is no special effect that is more moving than the close-up on the human face.
@@neilmidkiff This is a somewhat ironic comment because I have seen a Cavett show with Bogdanovich and Capra and other directors describing that Keaton's career ended because sound ended film pantomime. The animator Chuck Jones is said to have remarked that Keaton was the inspiration for his animation and animation allowed for everything Keaton did without actors.
@@preppysocks209 Harold Lloyd made a few sound films with "thrill" stunt sequences, but they apparently weren't very successful. Perhaps the realism of sound made them too gruesome for audiences. Keaton's decline had multiple causes: MGM went to a strongly producer-controlled system, discouraging the improvisation and experimentation of his earlier films; and they put him in inappropriate vehicles, co-starring him with "loud" comics like Durante. His own marital troubles and drinking also affected his creativity. It wasn't solely attributable to talkies.
First contestant; Already then, making Spats must have been a dying profession, but I think our contestant here, could peacefully cash in a normal income before his time of retirement came. There must have been still many left of that generation, who would buy, and actually wear Spats.
I would not have recognized him with out the large glasses. Dorothy Kilgallens comment about her crying at Harold’s treatment on the film tells me how warm and sensitive she was. Enjoyed the show.
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Harold is one of the greats!
He always had a gentle, friendly, charming manner about him,--a way of moving and expressing himself--right on through older age. Great to see him in 1953.
Wow, what a compliment Harold paid the show at the end - there was no 'need' for him to do that - he clearly simply wanted to make them feel good. That's a true gentleman for you.
Harold Lloyd made some of the funniest movies ever created. Just a short hop back to those silent years from the 1950s!
Nice to see Harold Lloyd getting the warm welcome he deserved. He was indeed one of the greats. The building-climbing scene in Safety Last! is still terrifying more than 90 years later.
Well said!
Lloyd died in 1971. I have always considered him the third least interesting of the 'golden age' comedians. Keaton was far cleverer, and certainly Laurel and Hardy far funnier.
Yes indeed ! Along with Chaplin and Keaton, he was one of the three most iconic silent screen comedians.
@@garethbeare7319 You utter, utter Wanker.
@@garethbeare7319 So you covered the whole range of those comedians, so that you can tell which three were all the way at the bottom? Who are the two who rank even lower than he does, in your estimation ?
What a lovely man! I have pretty much all of his movies on DVD, to enjoy forever!
Harold is one of my favorites of all time.
My father introduced me to old cinema and he was always a great fan of Lloyd. I am so glad to still have my father with me, but when the time comes that he's not, I wonder if I will be able to watch old films.
Harold Lloyd at 60 looked more youthful than a lot 30 year olds that I know. Good show.
Humor will keep you young
Maybe sick and fat 30 years olds, as are common in the USA. But still ...it is far fetched.
He aged well
And he died at only 77 from prostate cancer. Goes to show that looking youthful doesn't always lead to a long life?
Harold Lloyd was pure genius, and so funny! All of his movies were hilarious, and he did make some talkies.
My husband and I became addicted to his movies. They are hilarious, and the genius behind them is such a gracious man. There are so many times I wondered how he survived his own antics, but, timing is everything.
HOLY JESUS! ITS HAROLD CLAYTON LLOYD SR!
Kieran Anders Oh damn
Ace Tripp HUH!?
My favorite comedian! Found him on PBS at night, had never seen his movies and instantly became a huge fan! I own as many of his films that survive.
Oh Harold Lloyd is such an icon - what an honor it would have been to meet him. 8D
Love the look on Lloyd's face when Arlene asks him"Are you sort from the old school like Laurel & Hardy"?
Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" is so, so funny!
Such a delight to see Harold Lloyd speak! What a class act.
Harold Lloyd did appear in talking films.
It was nice to see Harold Lloyd not given the rush job so an extra contestant could play.
Loved Harold as a kid .. No one else could see the humour
Harold Lloyd was a class act and a marvelous entertainer.
I remember reading Harold Lloyd's autobiography long ago where he discussed making "The Freshman." Harold explained that although some of the stunts appeared to be dangerous, when he worked with professional football players, they knew how to avoid injuring him. But when the amateurs tackled him, he often got hurt.
My grandfather, Sam Taylor, directed The Freshman and many other Lloyd films!
@Teresa Allen WOW! Did he ever tell you stories about his experiences with these films and in "old Hollywood" in general?
I call BS. Post proof ( pics, docs and affidavits ) Then we'll talk, maybe
Wow, that’s cool
@@joeambrose3260 do you really think that someone would look up the name of a director from the silent era just to get minimal clout from this one specific Whats My Line video? If you do then you must think that people have no lives whatsoever.
@@joeambrose3260She’s truthful. I know her. Why be rude?!?
Thanks for this great service. I was born in 1950 and enjoy these memorable shows. Peace.
My pleasure-- I'm glad you're enjoying the shows. :)
I love that era.
I'll second that emotion.
This was by far the best game show that I've seen, but that isn't saying much.
but in some ways maybe my favorite tv show until Dorothy was murdered.
the wit and wisdom of Dorothy and Arlene was a much needed alternative to the extremely limited flavors of womanhood tv offered. the same was true of many of the female guests with very competent professions.
Bennet Cerf was among the most boring comedians to me, but many great male comics in the 4th seat.
Oh, to have been in the same room with the “great one” , Mr. Harold Lloyd!! 😍
I LOVE LOVE the "spats man"! He seemed like a very nice and funny man!
One more time....such unbelievable class and style....
Ha ha except Bennet in this one. "Is this only worn by fops?"
Still amazes me that I can access a show that was on TV when my mother was only 1 month old.
My mother was still in high school. Was 5 yrs before she married.
Harold Lloyd, my favorite silent movie comedian! A genius!
LOVE Harold too!! I remember in the late 70's when I was in high school our local public tv station aired THE FRESHMAN. I was the ONLY one in my family that watched it. I tried to explain how amazing he was. My family is into sports... and I STILL could NOT entice them lol
Absolutely my favorite WML episode.
Steve Allen, "Am I in the right neighborhood or should I get a cab?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Never ever saw Harold Lloyd outside of his movies.. amazing... thanks
What a wonderful programme this was. How I would have loved to spend an evening with ANY of the panelists, or, indeed, Mr.Daly!
Harold always played that energetic,optimistic young man,with plenty of ideas ,who came out okay in the end!
Harold Lloyd's appearance is certainly one of the most charming mystery-guest segments in its simplicity. I love to watch it. Lloyd is remembered by those of us today who may never have seen him in anything by the image from silent pictures of the man hanging off a large clock over a busy city street. In 1919 he lost the thumb and index finger of his right hand when he detonated a bomb which he thought was merely a harmless prop. I think he preferred not to be photographed in a way that might show this, but in this appearance he was quite un-self-conscious about the whole thing. None of the members of the panel were visibly taken aback by his handshake at the end.
Vahan and I were wondering how he managed to sign in with his right hand here. I would have thought he'd have had to learn to write with his left hand after the accident.
Yes, now that you mention it, Harold Lloyd is carefully photographed so that rather than seeing his hand making the signature you see his back. Then, knowing that when he leaves to take his seat his right hand would be nearest the camera, the director focuses at length on the signature until he has taken his place at the desk.
romeman01 Kind of like Bill Cullen's foot.
However, I think you can still see which hand is moving -- it looks like his right hand, which surprised me!
oh what a marvellous show!
Not only was Harold Lloyd one of the funniest stars of the silent era, he was the smartest. He owned all his movies and invested very wisely. At the time of his last movie in 1947, he was worth over $20 million.
Wow. I knew he would be smart and own his productions. Wonder what $20 m is equivalent to today, not that I am money orientated, if you know what I mean!!!
Ruple Thaker Multiply it by TEN. He was a very wealthy man.
What's My Line? But it didn't stop him dying
of C-A-N-C-E-R, yet! That got my mom last year. Harold Lloyd was one of my favourite silent era comedians.
i'd rather die wealthy than die poor
So much congeniality. What a great appreciation for the everyday person.
Steve Allen asking about a man and a woman getting into "it" and the audience reaction plus Allen's reaction , priceless. Thanks for posting this gem.
Lloyd more famous than Keaton but Buster more remembered today. Lloyd sadly forgotten.
Wonderful to see silent scree comic legend Harold Lloyd. As many film buffs now, he lost two fingers on his right hand from an exploding prop back in the 20s. That's probably why the camera did NOT show him shaking hands with the host after signing in. If you look close at his right hand when he shakes hands with the panel as he leaves, you can notice fingers missing. Being a silent star, he didn't have to disguise his voice all that much. THANKS for sharing this gem !
The highest intellect level panel ever on TV.
The original panel was more intellectual but very boring.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Great seeing Harold Lloyd.
Such a sweet and funny episode. Harold is probably my all-around favorite silent era comedian.
On a separate note, Dorothy's laugh was adorable. I seem to forget that until its chirping pops up in the background again!
He's my favorite of all the big three in silent film comedy.
I knew Dorothy had him when she mentioned football. Lloyd is one of my favorites when TCM plays silent Sunday nights and one of his best known movies was The Freshman in 1925. His final movie was a hilarious but cynical sequel to that in 1947 where he gets fired from his job gets drunk, bets his life savings wins big and buys a circus. And if you see some of the stunts he pulled there at his age you can see why it was his last movie.
I wish a show like this existed today.
"You get the girl in the pictures, sometimes?"
*nods slyly* "yeah..."
Well played sir, well played.
♥♥♥ Harold + Mildred ♥♥♥
Harold Lloyd was the best !
when I was a kid me and my family would watch this show after supper
So funny when the guy says, "only $5"? It was wonderful to see Harold Lloyd he looked fabulous!
I have always loved Harold Lloyd movies
Harold Lloyd is quite funny and engaging!
There is an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Harold Lloyd on RUclips.
Joe Postove Thanks for the excuse to plug a video on one of my other channels. :) This Is Your Life - Harold Lloyd (Comedy Legends, Sept 29, 1954)
What's My Line? I saw it. What a cosy place "Brown Derby " must have been! A time when the ashtreys weren't illegal. Those were the days...sigh!
SuperWinterborn Poor Ralph Edwards had no idea Groucho would be sitting in the next booth ready to disrupt the show as usual. :)
One of the greats! Harold Lloyd!
Harold Lloyd was a great comic actor.....I love his movie "Safety Last"
A true silent classic comedy if ever there was one.
My Mother belonged to a group called the Rainbow Girls (she was a Worthy Advisor, sort of a President). They were associated with the Shriners. At the time, Harold Lloyd was the Supreme Potentate. In 1951, all of the Worthy Advisors in the Sacramento area went to a formal dinner in Sacramento, where they curtsied in front of Harold Lloyd before having dinner and then watched "Safety Last". My mom didn't notice Harold Lloyd's missing thumb when they shook hands. I've always wondered if Harold Lloyd bowled with his left hand. It's been documented that Lloyd was a champion bowler among his many pursuits.
It doesn't appear Mr. Loyd was wearing a prosthetic on his right hand that he used in movies to hide the missing thumb & forefinger he lost in a publicity gag gone wrong in 1919. That he could perform those breathtaking stunts with such an injured hand was amazing.
These shows aired before I was born. Thanks for posting them.
To go back in time and meet a living legend like Harold Lloyd -and so many of the other mystery guests that appeared on WML! Did the panel know how lucky they were to shake hands with these amazing people?
Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston were the best movie couple ever. Words can't express how much I love Harold's movies. 😢
Oliver Kalamata Can you try to express that with just a few select words?
My favorite leading ladies were Jobyna Ralston and Mildred Davis. Jobyna Ralston replaced Mildred Davis after Mildred retired from acting to marry Harold.
Saying he didn't consider himself a romantic lead in his films 😏... very incorrect in my humble opinion... He is being very modest here ... ..just adorable as ever - even w/ a receding hairline👴🏼.👀. Still a handsome man...Beautiful..just my humble opinion.. 🕯️🙏🌷🌻🌺🌼🏵️🌸🌺💮💐 ...🌾🌾🌾🎓🤵🎩🏆...🎖️..🌾🌾🌾🌾🌻🌾🌾🌾🌼 ...🌹..💘
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Myself as well!
I love the sometimes dead-pan expressions on Steves' face!!
Even though he aged quite well (he's over 60 here) you can tell Lloyd is older here because his glasses have lenses in them. During his heyday the trademark glasses he wore didn't have lenses in them because he didn't need them. He was always really happy when someone recognized him on the street without his glasses
Harold had a great smile.
LOVED THAT!!!! So star-struck!!! Harold!!!!
Loved Harold! thanks for posting this gem!
18:47 Look closely at the way Harold holds the chalk...in 1919, a "prop" grenade (which, unfortunately, wasn't a prop) blew off Lloyd's right thumb and forefinger. He wore a special glove since then. That's why I'm giving this video one thumbs up.
Earlier in his career, Harold Lloyd lost some fingers due to a prop firecracker... it was real and he knew it, just didn't know how powerful it was. Watch around 24:48 when he shakes the panels hands. To think he did all those stunts without a few fingers. He is/was amazing.
Reminds me of the guitarist Django Reinhardt. In 1928 when he was 18 he lost the use of his ring finger and pinky of his left (fretting) hand due to a fire. He had to modify how he played and became a jazz great.
And in his films after that accident he wore a slim-fit tailored glove with built-in fingers to disguise his loss of own fingers.In some scenes you can tell, but mostly you wouldn't know unless you were in looking for it.
Which is probably why, as a courtesy, the camera shot of him signing in was taken from his back so that you couldn't see the fingers making the signature.
The two masters of physical comedy that make me laugh uncontrollably are Marty Feldman and Harold Lloyd. "Safety Last!" is marvelous, but I also love the scene in his 1928 movie, "Speedy" where Lloyd is a cab driver. Not only is it hilarious, but you see scenes of Old New York City at the time, including the Manhattan elevated train lines, long since torn down. There is also a section of the clip where Babe Ruth is his passenger and at the end of his time in the cab they are crossing the Macombs Dam Bridge and approaching Yankee Stadium.
Harold Lloyd filmed those scenes with Babe Ruth in "Speedy" towards the end of the 1927 season when Ruth hit 60 homers.
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I really really liked this. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for these great videos! The Harold Lloyd segment seems to confirm Cerf's statement that a lot of the celebrities didn't mind "losing" their rounds, because "winning" would indicate that they were forgotten or not as well-known as they'd like to be. (cf. Gale Storm's appearance)
You're very welcome! And yes, Gil Fates also writes about this in his book, where he talks about celebrities whose vocal disguise got thinner an thinner as their segments went on, because they were horrified at the prospect of not being guessed.
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Thank you for this bit of information. I noticed that some of the celebrities vocal disguises got thinner, but I had not thought of this reason. I thought it was because the panel was at a point that they were inevitably going to guess who they were so they figured why bother to continue with the disguise.
interesting to hear that.
from watching the shows, clearly also many mystery guests were quite competitive about their voice guises.
So thrilling to see the great Harold Lyon on tonight!!!
Harold Lloyd was one of the top three male silent film stars along with Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Also, in one of his early silent films his right thumb and forefinger were blown off by accident and he continued on after that with prosthetic digits to mask that fact. He did not wear them for this show however as you can see when he shakes the panels hands. Truly one of the greats.
guyfihi Actually Mr. Lloyd lost his fingers not in a movie but while posing for publicity shots for Pathe Studios. Someone handed him a real bomb instead of a prop bomb. It's amazing he wasn't killed.
You can see his missing fingers as he shakes hands with the cast members.
This is great, I love Harold Lloyd and the Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemon is the best! Thanks so much. Ru
It is nice to see some conversation with the mystery guest after being identified. So many times they would be identified and walk out without saying another word. Yet they had time to squeeze another contestant in even though the guest would have been much more interesting and entertaining.
He would show his movies to college students in the early 1960s and they got huge laughs from Mr. Lloyd's antics!
Incredible how young all the panelists looked back then…except for Bennett, who never seemed to change (he looked the same in 1963 as in 1953). Thoroughly delightful episode! Wish I could go back to 1953….
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I love that momentary sizing up the contestants before the Q&A. It's at the same time charming and creepy.
These shows are wonderful...
Harold lloyds photo hanging from the clock high up Will for me be a icon photo I had it up on my wall when I was young now in my 60s
Harold Lloyd was a fantastic comedian! His movies were great!
You could tell he was a fun humble and likeable soul, quite the genius,great great show business legend.
I haven’t got to Harold Lloyd yet but I loved the segment with the woman who rivets the army cots. That was fantastic! OK, on to Harold Lloyd as the mystery guest. ❤️
It was truly awesome seeing Harold Lloyd as his real self. Gosh, I LOVE this show!
Bennett Cerf was just terrific!
Harold Lloyd Sorry I had to look him up. Seems like a very nice guy. I never saw any of his movies. I need to check that out.
That first contestant has one of the few post-war toothbrush moustaches I've seen.
I've read that Harold Lloyd considered himself to be more of an actor playing a comedian than anything else; out of character he seems very pleasant.
Very funny to watch Steve Allen feeling out just how much innuendo he can get away with on the "boy and girl" line of questioning.
Yes, I think that's an accurate description of Harold Lloyd. He was a highly talented actor who specialized in comedy, but he wasn't a comedian per se in the sense that Chaplin and Keaton were. Lloyd wasn't primarily responsible for creating the gags in his movies and didn't direct himself. But his best comedies are fully in the same league as the best of Chaplin and Keaton. Who one prefers as a favorite is really just a matter of personal tastes. They were all great.
Artie Shaw's episode (#3; March 2 1950) featured another man (the final contestant) with such a mustache. And his line was "exterminator"!
You'd think it would have been "too soon" at the time, but apparently nobody thought anything of it. I certainly found it amusing.
charleshberman His daughter Gloria said that her father was not a comedian but in fact, an intellectual
Lloyd was a genius as many have stated. What people haven’t commented on is how he lost a thumb and forefinger and still was able to do stunt work.
and spats maker was so old world....just love it...
The man is a genius..
Harold Lloyd belonged to the 3-D camera club and Marylin Monroe would visit his family so there are many 3-D photo's of her in His 3-D book also has many celebrities in it besides MM. The glasses are Polaroid so the 3-D is clear and colorful.
The photos in the book are actually red and cyan anaglyphic . Polaroid glasses can only be used for projected films.
It sounded like even to the panel 1925 seemed so long ago b/c things had changed so much--technology, social mores, clothing, etc, but if you look at the dates it had actually been only 28 years. But things had changed a lot in that short time.
Harold was a cutie pie!
The first contestant (spats) was really good fun.
fops and fancy people. Thank you Bennett Cerf.
It sounds like you can still hear the panelists talking over the closing credits. I never heard that happening previously.
Lois Simmons - Good catch! :)
He built one of the biggest most beautiful homes in Beverly Hills Greenacres, which is still there and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and we thank God it was saved. RIP Mr. Lloyd you were wonderful.
I ran "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock" 1947 tonight and was interesting to see him here just 6 years later, looking much older. Leave it to Dorothy to bring up "The Freshman"..which was used in the 1947 film.
Oh, didn't realize those things that go over men's socks were called spats. I have seen them, but never knew their name until now.
Harold was the highest paid film star in his time.
One from the golden age of the cinema greats Lloyd , chalpin , Keaton and L&H , beautiful . Pay your penny and drift away ....
Chalpin? I must have missed him/her …
I'm crying. Those times is gone...
Mr. Hertzberg had several patents surrounding spats in the 1930s. If this is the same Mr. Hertzberg, he had a shoe store in Philadelphia, but had retired from it in 1948; he died in 1968, at the age of 87. (So he'd've been 72 here, which isn't too far outside the bounds of reason.) He had 4 kids, and a bunch of grand-kids, and helped found a (now defunct) Philadelphia Synagogue.
Minimal obit: www.newspapers.com/clip/17125159/obit-of-jacob-hertzberg/
What a great and wonderful man.
His smile makes me smile !!
He was brilliant in Safety Last where he hangs onto a clock high on the side of a tower, He did stunts in his movies that I can't think of anybody doing in the last 50 years plus. In the 20's they were exploring new territory in movies and were willing to try anything. Buster Keaton did some great stunts too but not the vertigo inducing ones. Keaten in the Cameraman is one of my favorite comedies. The odd thing is that in the decades from 1930 till around 1990 NOBODY watched silent movies. When you discover the good ones today you shake your head because they are as good as any we've ever made. The Iron Horse, the Crowd, Wings, The Goldrush, The Cat and the Canary and of course from Germany, Pandora's Box. That was a troubling one. And of course almost anything that Lon Chaney was in.
Some of us were watching silent films in the 1960s and 1970s. A local library had some on 8mm "home movie" film reels, which could be checked out and projected at home. By the 1980s PBS was showing some of the Kevin Brownlow restorations done for Thames Television, as well as his documentaries like the 1980 series Hollywood: the Pioneers. It would be more nearly accurate to say "till around 1980 almost nobody watched silent movies" but even that ignores many earlier buffs like me.
@@neilmidkiff You got me there. But like with everything in life we make our judgements very subjectively. I never saw a silent till I got cable TV and Turner Movie Classics in 93. And it was eye opening. I had no idea that films as good as The First Automobile or the Iron Horse had been made back then. And there were a ton of great movies. And it is telling that the comedies hold up and it is going on to a century. The 20's hold up well compared to any decade since then.
@@karlschwinbarger105 I agree fully with your appreciation. The thrilling action sequences in the comedies of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd are far more enjoyable than the computer-generated special effect action scenes in today's films, because they actually had to be acted...maybe not quite as risky as they appear, but not completely faked either. And in silent films of all genres, good directors then realized that there is no special effect that is more moving than the close-up on the human face.
@@neilmidkiff This is a somewhat ironic comment because I have seen a Cavett show with Bogdanovich and Capra and other directors describing that Keaton's career ended because sound ended film pantomime. The animator Chuck Jones is said to have remarked that Keaton was the inspiration for his animation and animation allowed for everything Keaton did without actors.
@@preppysocks209 Harold Lloyd made a few sound films with "thrill" stunt sequences, but they apparently weren't very successful. Perhaps the realism of sound made them too gruesome for audiences. Keaton's decline had multiple causes: MGM went to a strongly producer-controlled system, discouraging the improvisation and experimentation of his earlier films; and they put him in inappropriate vehicles, co-starring him with "loud" comics like Durante. His own marital troubles and drinking also affected his creativity. It wasn't solely attributable to talkies.
First contestant; Already then, making Spats must have been a dying profession, but I think our contestant here, could peacefully cash in a normal income before his time of retirement came. There must have been still many left of that generation, who would buy, and actually wear Spats.
I would not have recognized him with out the large glasses. Dorothy Kilgallens comment about her crying at Harold’s treatment on the film tells me how warm and sensitive she was. Enjoyed the show.