I’m kicking off 2023 by trying to watch and review one movie every day for the first 90 days, most of which will be 90 minutes or less.
Title: The Kid Brother
Release Date: January 22, 1927
Director: Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe (co-director), Harold Lloyd (uncredited), and Lewis Milestone (uncredited)
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Summary/Review:
Harold Hickory (Harold Lloyd) is the youngest son of Sheriff Jim Hickory (Walter James) of Hickoryville, who also runs a farm with his two strong, older sons. Harold doesn’t fit in with his father and brothers and has to rely on his wits rather than strength. When he meets Mary Powers (Jobyna Ralston), a dancer in a traveling medicine show, it is love at first sight. Mary inspires Harold to greater confidence especially when he’s needed to save the day when the other members of the medicine show conspire to steal the town’s contributions for a new dam from the sheriff!
This is a funny and charming movie with pretty much nonstop gags. I like this even more than Lloyd’s more famous film Safety Last.
Rating: ***1/2
I don’t know why the only trailer I can find is narrated dramatically in German!?!?
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