The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia
Author(s): Annette M. D'Agostino
Harold Lloyd, born in 1893, became one of the greatest comic actors in America. This is a compendium of all things Lloyd, with entries on noteworthy persons, recurring themes, crucial elements of Lloyd's life (birth, education, marriage, family, hobbies, death, etc.), his prime co-stars and co-workers, the films that made him a legend (201 of them), and numerous other topics covering every facet of the man and the actor, all fully cross-referenced and accompanied by a vast collection of images and advertisements. Lacking the vaudeville training of his chief contemporaries, Lloyd nonetheless grew quickly from a gag technician to a skilled actor. In 1917, he created his famed Glass Character, but a live bomb amongst the props maimed his hand two years later. Keeping his handicap hidden by use of a revolutionary prosthetic, he continued to both charm and enthrall audiences. 'The action may be outlandish', he said of himself, 'but the characters - most particularly the central character - must not be'. An Appendix A lists the Lloyd shorts in the order produced, with the Production Code assigned by the Rolin Film Company officials.
Appendix B is a proper filmography, listing each Lloyd film from 1913 to 1966 in chronological order.
Product Information
Annette D'Agostino Lloyd is a former studio production coordinator. She lives in Rumford, Rhode Island.
General Fields
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- : McFarland & Co Inc
- : McFarland & Co Inc
- : 0.771
- : 15 February 2010
- : 254mm X 178mm X 28mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Annette M. D'Agostino
- : Paperback
- : 791.43028092
- : 439
- : 164 photos, bibliography, index