- Actors: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Henry Hall
- Directors: Clyde Bruckman
- Writers: Clyde Bruckman, Alfred A. Cohn, Felix Adler, John Grey, Lex Neal
- Producers: Harold Lloyd
- Classification: U
- Studio: Connoisseur
- VHS Release Date: 24 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00004COH5
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,002 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Format:VHS Tape
This movie retraces Lloyd's foray via sound after his silent masterpiece 'Safety Last' when dealing with his cringing edge-of-your-seat stunts. A fair plot about a chap who wants to make it bigger, boasting about something he's not and trying to impress the girl end up with him doing just that by getting there in the end with fast talking and, as I've said the trademark stunts to boot. It had un-politically correct attitudes in it though which is one for the nostalgia buff, where the excellent 'stooge' to Harold, black actor Willie Best (Named as Sleep 'n' Eat in the creds) was referred negatively to as 'Charcoal' by Lloyd - later dubbed into 'Charlie' by Lloyd himself. Fair, but probably for Harold Lloyd fans only.
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One of the great Lloyd creations
19 Mar 2011
Format:VHS Tape
Currently, this film is only available in this collection The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vols. 1-3, which is well worth it; however, if you just want to see the movie in low but acceptable res, it was recently uploaded in its entirety on YT. The movie itself has many of Lloyd's successful bits and the writing is funny; but the main reason this film will endure forever is the nightmarishly funny skyscraper-scaling sequence that is the climax of the film. It is almost unbearably interminable with one unlikely piece of bad luck after another as Lloyd hangs impossibly precariously from high up an LA skyscraper. It is one of the most brutally, horrifically funny scenes ever captured on film, with one false moment of relief followed by disaster after another. And just when you're sure he's finally made it and your heart and gut can take no more, an unfortunately placed can of ether causes Lloyd to outdo everything he's already done. Those in the know assert none of this was done with process or other trick photography: it was all done at the 15-20 story height apparent in the shots. And remember, he did all these stunts himself, and after an unfortunate accident with a prop bomb in 1919, without the thumb and index finger on one of his hands.
Truly a stunning and brutally funny movie with fantastic stunts and camera work.
Truly a stunning and brutally funny movie with fantastic stunts and camera work.
He Talks The Talk
3 Aug 2006
Format:VHS Tape
Feet First is Harold Lloyd's second talkie, but even though it was made during a time of static sets and bad sound quality, this film is wonderfully advanced. There is plenty of movement and funny dialogue; it seems that Lloyd did not allow sound to daunt him in the least.
This film is very very funny. Sound did not hinder Lloyd at all; he was as funny as ever when he spoke, sometimes even funnier. Here he plays a man whose main ambition is to become a shoe salesman, but when he sees a beautiful girl (Barbara Kent), he wants to be a wealthy businessman to impress her. He takes some classes to learn how to behave like a member of high society and he begins to rub elbows with some influential people, including the man who owns the shoe company he works for. He carries on the charade for much longer than he should which provides some truly hilarious results.
Some might complain that too many gags from the silent days were used here, but it actually works to Lloyd's advantage. Some people are reluctant to see silent films, so they are able to see just how funny Lloyd was in the silent days through this sound film. Also, I believe this movie is much funnier than the silent it resembles most: Safety Last. Even the finale where Lloyd climbs a skyscraper is better.
This film is very very funny. Sound did not hinder Lloyd at all; he was as funny as ever when he spoke, sometimes even funnier. Here he plays a man whose main ambition is to become a shoe salesman, but when he sees a beautiful girl (Barbara Kent), he wants to be a wealthy businessman to impress her. He takes some classes to learn how to behave like a member of high society and he begins to rub elbows with some influential people, including the man who owns the shoe company he works for. He carries on the charade for much longer than he should which provides some truly hilarious results.
Some might complain that too many gags from the silent days were used here, but it actually works to Lloyd's advantage. Some people are reluctant to see silent films, so they are able to see just how funny Lloyd was in the silent days through this sound film. Also, I believe this movie is much funnier than the silent it resembles most: Safety Last. Even the finale where Lloyd climbs a skyscraper is better.
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