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Harold and me ; With his zany stunts, Everyman looks and comic genius, Harold Lloyd was the Tom Hanks of his era. His granddaughter talks to Geoffrey Macnab about living with a Hollywood legend
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Hooray for Harold Lloyd!
If you were a TV-watching kid in the Seventies, you will probably
remember the man in the spectacles and funny boater hat who dangled
over the ledges of skyscrapers, hung from clock tower arms and
otherwise risked his life in daredevil stunts.
Harold Lloyd's World Of Comedy was popular with children all over
the world, but Lloyd isn't nearly so much in evidence today. While
films by his contemporaries, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, have
been scrubb...
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The thrill of it all: the man who dared.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT)(Advertisement)
Daily Variety
; Harold Lloyd teeters perilously on a high ledge of an office building. There's nothing below him but the pavement. Desperately, he tries to enter the closest window. As he approaches safety, the window suddenly opens outward, knocking him off the ledge! Grabbing frantically for the nearest object,
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HANG TIME Retrospective series pays belated tribute to Harold Lloyd
Chicago Sun-Times
; 'Harold Lloyd: The Man on the Clock' When: Friday through July 7 Where: Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Admission: $9.25, $8.25 Phone: (773) 871-6604 Quick, name the silent film comedians that ruled the genre. There's the shy gaze of Charlie Chaplin, the deadpan countenance of Buster Keaton
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THE GUY IN THE GLASSES
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; BOB BOGERT, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-30-1993 THE GUY IN THE GLASSES -- HAROLD LLOYD, REDISCOVERED By BOB BOGERT, Staff Writer Date: 04-30-1993, Friday Section: LIFESTYLE / PREVIEWS Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early Biographical:
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Harold Lloyd: A silent scream; TCM runs retrospective of his career.(ARTS)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Harold Lloyd is usually conceded third place in the conventional ranking of silent film comedians behind Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. The film historian Kevin Brownlow, for example, chose the title The Third Genius for his 1989 documentary feature
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Silent Film Great Gets His Due
Chicago Sun-Times
; NEW YORK The man on the clock is familiar to people who've never even heard of "Safety Last." For 70 years that awesome image of the astonished man in the business suit, boater and horn-rim glasses dangling from a giant minute hand high above downtown Los Angeles has been continuously recycled by
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