"Safety Last" and "The Freshman" are certainly more famous, but I have to say that I think "The Kid Brother" is the best of Harold Lloyd's silent comedies. For the last time Lloyd plays a country boy in a rustic American setting, this time named Harold Hickory. When beautiful Mary Powers (Jobyna Ralston) shows up in the company of two bad characters who have taken over her late father's Medicine Show, Harold is immediately smitten. After their first encounter these is one of the most wonderful farewell scenes as he keeps asking her questions as she disappears down a hill, climbing higher in the tree to keep her in sight. Harold tries to impress Mary by setting up a fake fight, but eventually he has to prove his mettle against a thief (Constantine Romanoff) to win the girl. By this point Lloyd is totally comfortable in his character and the gags are woven effortlessly into the narrative. "Safety Last" might have the most memorable moment in any Lloyd film, but "The Kid Brother" is from start to finish his finest feature film. It is about time America rediscovered the Harold Lloyd that was the third great comedian of the silent era along with Chaplin and Keaton.