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	Harold Lloyd - MSN Encarta
		Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), American motion-picture actor, one of the leading performers of the golden age of comedy.
		Harold Clayton Lloyd was born in Burchard, Nebraska, and started acting in one-reel film comedies in 1912 in San Diego, California.
		By the 1940s Lloyd was no longer active in the film industry, but in 1947 director Preston Sturges lured him out of retirement for a film intended to explore the later life of Lloyd's innocent optimist character of the 1920s (it included footage from his popular motion picture The Freshman).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551948/Harold_Lloyd.html (206 words)

	Harold Lloyd presented in Arts section
		Lloyd’s dissatisfaction with comedy-conformer Luke led him to create the Glasses Character in 1917, and this was the character that was to achieve for Lloyd world-wide fame and immense wealth.
		Harold Lloyd made his first Lonesome Luke two-reeler in 1917, his first Glasses Character two-reeler in 1919, his first three-reeler and his first feature in 1921, eleven silent features from 1921-1928, seven sound features from 1929-1947, and two film compilations, in 1962 and 1966.
		Harold Lloyd continues to be recognized as one of the three supreme geniuses of silent film comedy.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/harold_lloyd (841 words)

	American Masters . Harold Lloyd \| PBS
		At the height of his career, Lloyd was one of the most popular and highest-paid stars of his time.
		In 1913 Lloyd moved with his father to Los Angeles, where the motion picture industry was still in its infancy.
		Lloyd knew that if he could keep an audience on the edge of their seats like this, he could make them laugh even harder.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/lloyd_h.html (743 words)

	© Harold Lloyd - Silent and Sound Film Star - goldensilents.com
		Harold was a bright, imaginative boy, and yearned to be an actor from a young age.
		Harold Lloyd and son Harold Lloyd Jr Harold married his leading lady Mildred Davis in 1923 and Mildred gave up her career as an actress to raise a family; the couple had three children, a daughter Gloria, an adopted daughter Peggy, and a son Harold Lloyd Jr.
		Harold Lloyd's personal, family and professional life was far more stable than his main competitors', Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
	www.goldensilents.com /comedy/haroldlloyd.html (768 words)

	The Scottish Rite Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Lloyd family was constantly on the move ever seeking for a better life at the end of the rainbow.
		Harold Lloyd was an industrious sort, trying to improve his lot and taking advantage of whatever opportunities came his way.
		Lloyd was invested with the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander Court of Honour in 1955 and coroneted an Inspector General Honorary, 33°, in 1965.
	www.srmason-sj.org /web/journal-files/Issues/oct02/morris.htm (1719 words)

	Harold Lloyd
		Harold Lloyd, in these early comedies, is a vital, hyper-active, ambitious and aggressive young man who gets by on his cleverness and dexterity rather than his brawn which his antagonists invariably have.
		Harold Lloyd described this first venture into feature-length comedy format as a psychological study of a boy, cowardly both in the physical sense as well as morally only to be transformed by a fable by his grandmother.
		Harold's room-mate, an acrobat who can climb buildings is supposed to be the climber but an episode with a cop forces Harold to be the "mystery climber".
	www.a-1video.com /harold.htm (1992 words)

	Harold Lloyd @ Filmbug UK
		Lloyd is best known for his extended chase sequences that included daredevil physical feats like climbing the sides of tall buildings, hanging precariously from clocks, flagpoles and ledges.
		Lloyd married his leading lady, Mildred Davis, in February of 1923, with whom he had two children; Gloria, born in 1923, and Harold, born in 1931.
		Lloyd died at the age of 77 from prostate cancer on March 8, 1971.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/3992 (357 words)

	CNN.com - The movie star who dangled from a clock - May 24, 2002
		The man is Harold Lloyd, the legendary silent film comedian, and the scene is from his film "Safety Last," which, even today, is as thrill-packed as they come.
		The elder Lloyd was a shrewd businessman who controlled almost all of his work, she said in a phone interview from Los Angeles.
		Lloyd did reissue his films to theaters, in the compilations "Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy" (1962) and "Harold Lloyd's Funny Side of Life" (1963).
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/23/harold.lloyd (1022 words)

	Bebe Daniels - Harold Lloyd
		Apparently, Lloyd learned early on that Bebe was one of the best at a variety of facial expressions - surprise, shock, laughter, pouting, etc. The viewer can't help but react to Lloyd's antics in the intended manner because we are swept along with Bebe when she laughs or pouts or cries.
		Lloyd described her as "a dark, dewy, big eyed child." Biographer Tom Dardis in his 1983 Harold Lloyd, the Man on the Clock, said, "Bebe possessed an extraordinarily expressive face, her huge eyes well-suited to register the full impact of the wild antics of Harold and Snub Pollard.
		For one thing, Lloyd's career was obviously on the rise, and it was a strange moment for her to leave an actor with whom she was so closely associated." Bebe's last two films with Lloyd were his first two two-reelers with the glasses character, and his popularity was greater than ever.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /articles/bebeharoldarticle.html (3118 words)

	MCN Press Release: Sony Last: Harold Lloyd Goes To Sony
		Lloyd, "My grandfather holds an historic place in cinema history, and I'm pleased and proud knowing that Sony has taken this important step to let a whole new generation of audiences experience the sheer entertainment of Harold Lloyd on the big screen.
		Harold Lloyd, one of the most popular and highest-paid stars of his time, was an innovative genius on a par with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton; little known, though, is that Lloyd made more films -- which grossed more -- than those two giants combined.
		Harold Lloyd died on March 8, 1971 at the age of 77.
	www.moviecitynews.com /Notepad/2004/041020_pr.html (931 words)

	Harold Lloyd Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Yet, Lloyd's primary role on-screen was as a shy, somewhat nervous young man who, through misadventure rather than any fault of his own, was constantly confronted by circumstances threatening to thwart his efforts at a quiet, happy life.
		Lloyd also pursued his dream of working in films by donning full make-up and sneaking into one of several film studios by mixing in with groups of working actors returning from their lunch break.
		The bigger studio lured Lloyd into their stable of actors with promises of better pay--$50 per week, as opposed to the $5 per day he was earning from Roach--and significant leading roles.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/harold-lloyd (1952 words)

	About Harold Lloyd
		For almost two decades Harold has worked very closely with small and large businesses to provide a “powerful push in the right direction!” His mission is to provide qualified, executive level assistance to companies on a “temporary basis,” eliminating the need to add permanent top management overhead.
		Harold and Deanna Lloyd are the area franchise developers for Friendly’s Restaurants in the Tidewater Virginia area.
		Harold completed his formal education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and went on to earn his MBA with Honors in Marketing from the University of Chicago.
	www.hlloydpresents.com /about.php (416 words)

	Biography for Harold Lloyd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lloyd had his own quirks; he fell in love with his first co-star Bebe Daniels, who left him after it became apparent he was unable to make a commitment (the two would remain friends however).
		Lloyd would also zealously protect ownership of his material, successfully suing MGM over their unauthorized poaching of his gags on a 'Joan Davis vehicle, She Gets Her Man (1945) (sadly an action that would put the final nail in the professional coffin of the hopelessly alcoholic Clyde Bruckman).
		Harold is reported to be the only actor that owned most of the films he appeared in (sadly many of the earliest ones were destroyed in a nitrite fire in a vault at Greenacres in 1943).
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0516001/bio (3735 words)

	Jay's Movie Blog
		Harold turns out to be almost useless, though; he doesn't even know about fingerprints until he arrives at the police station, and then he gets on everybody's nerves by fingerprinting everybody, including (and especially) the cops.
		Lloyd was, in fact, a good-looking guy; it's said that he was the inspiration for Superman's alter ego Clark Kent, for how a simple pair of glasses can, in fact, fundamentally change a person's appearance and perception.
		Lloyd was one of the great silent comedians, but his reedy voice and failure to acclimate to the different tempos of sound pictures caused his career to peter out; Sturges was an inventor-turned-playwright-turned-screenwriter who knew how to combine witty dialog and broad slapstick into screwball comedy.
	istowrite.blogspot.com /2005/08/films-of-harold-lloyd.html (3867 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| Cinequest 2005 \| Suzanne Lloyd
		Harold Lloyd was the least known of the Big Three of silent movie comedy, in contrast with Chaplin and Keaton.
		Lloyd would have recognized a little of himself in the eager Peter Parker, or in that moment of the hero's scaling a clock tower in Spider-Man 2.
		Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd is the sole trustee of the Harold Lloyd trust, and the co-author of Harold Lloyd, Master Comedian (Abrams), a book that sums up Lloyd's life and films.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/03.02.05/lloyd2-0509.html (896 words)

	The Harold Lloyd Collection - Harold Lloyd
		A standout contributor to the art of silent film comedy, Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) offers new generations a body of film work that is as fresh and entertaining as in its day.
		Harold Lloyd might just be the funniest actor youve never seen a silent screen comedian so often placed in the shadow of Chaplin and Keaton -- but he continues to shine in some of the most enduring short- and feature-length comedies ever offered to audiences.
		Harold Lloyds first Glass Character two-reeler, Bumping Into Broadway stars Lloyd and Daniels as theatrical hopefuls he as a playwright, she as a chorus girl.
	www.venerablemusic.com /catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=9358 (738 words)

	The Glasses - Harold Lloyd
		Harold Lloyd is generally recognized as the man who singlehandedly made fashionable eyeglass-wearing in this country.
		Lloyd's glasses were one part of his new "Glasses Character," a screen persona which was a most daring break from the comedy standard.
		Harold Lloyd, the man, didn't need corrective lenses until he was in his 60's.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /hlloydglassesarticle.html (659 words)

	Harold Lloyd
		On the Universal lot Lloyd met Hal E. Roach, and the two boys became good friends, although their ambitions differed, Lloyd's being success as a character actor, and Roach's, directing and producing.
		Lloyd was engaged at $50 per week and felt very lucky.
		Harold Lloyd made a number of one-reel comedies; then two-reelers, and later four, five and six-reel features.
	silentgents.com /BLloyd.html (287 words)

	Harold Lloyd Biography (Actor/Filmmaker) — Infoplease.com
		Harold Lloyd began in motion pictures in 1913.
		Lloyd was uncannily athletic in his stunts; his most famous on-screen persona was called simply "Glasses Character," a hapless fellow continually in peril.
		A shot of Lloyd hanging from the hands of a giant clock, 12 stories above a city street, is one of the best-known images of the silent comedy era.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/haroldlloyd.html (280 words)

	HAROLD LLOYD Film Series previously at Film Forum in New York City
		HAROLD LLOYD (1893-1971), the third genius of silent comedy, made more films than Chaplin and Keaton combined, out-paced both at the box office, and, as for gags and laughs, “few people have equaled him and nobody has ever beaten him” (James Agee).
		Harold flops at suicide, but braves a haunted house; this was the film interrupted by his hand-maiming prop bomb accident.
		Harold’s satire of 20s college and football mania was his biggest silent success.
	www.filmforum.org /films/lloyd.html (1850 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Harold Lloyd on DVD
		Harold broke into the biz ahead of both of his more famous competitors, getting work in LA in 1913, when New York was still the nation’s film capital.
		Lloyd is a bright, breezy young American abroad, always happy to ridicule local customs and score a princess.
		One of Lloyd’s strongest films, and his personal favorite, is the little-known Kid Brother (1927), where Harold faces the challenge of impressing two two-fisted older brothers and a two-fisted father by overcoming both a town bully and a circus strongman.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /51/harold.htm (1316 words)

	Harold Lloyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harold Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era.
		Lloyd did many of these dangerous stunts himself, despite having severely injured himself in a 1919 accident with a prop bomb that resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger of his right hand (the injury was disguised on film with the use of a special prosthetic glove).
		Lloyd was the subject of a television documentary series in 1990, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, which followed similar acclaimed documentaries about the other great silent film clowns Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Lloyd (2342 words)

	USATODAY.com - TCM salutes comic genius of Harold Lloyd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the time, Suzanne, the president of the Harold Lloyd Trust, had been working with the UCLA Film and Television Archive to restore the prints and commission new scores for the films.
		To Chaplin's tramp and Keaton's sad sack, Lloyd was the eager-to-please young American go-getter, and in The Freshman he's determined to be big man on campus.
		Some poor quality prints exist of limited Lloyd films on videocassette, and Suzanne Lloyd has been trying to cut a deal to produce the entire restored library on DVD, but has yet to find a manufacturer she is satisfied with.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2003-04-02-harold-lloyd_x.htm (896 words)

	Harold Lloyd - Pawnee County History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold's brother, Gaylord, was nearly five years old at that very time there in the little town of Burchard located in the northwest quadrant of Pawnee County.
		Harold wed actress Mildred "Mid" Davis on Thursday, February 10, 1923, when she was approaching her 22nd birthday.
		Harold Lloyd passed away at his Green Acres mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at the age of 77.
	www.pawneecountyhistory.com /lloyd/whowaslloyd.html (403 words)

	The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection (2005): CAST - PopMatters Film Review
		Lloyd's granddaughters share intimate details of their family life, creating some context for his work.
		Lloyd suggests it was the character's "brain over brawn" aspect, the little guy whose resourcefulness eventually helped him overcome obstacles and get the girl.
		Lloyd's appeal has to do with his construction of whiteness in an age of mass immigration.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/h/harold-lloyd-comedy-1-3.shtml (1130 words)

	USATODAY.com - It's time for Harold Lloyd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Lloyd, the forgotten man of the silent-film age, is ripe for rediscovery on a seven-DVD collection out Tuesday.
		Before he died in 1971, Lloyd had begun restoring his films, a project his granddaughter, with help from the UCLA Film Archive, took over after his death.
		Harold Lloyd, seen here in his 1923 hit Safety Last!, wore a prosthetic right hand after losing a thumb and finger in a 1919 accident.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2005-11-14-dvd-harold-lloyd_x.htm (563 words)

	Harold Lloyd Web Site: The Biography of Harold Lloyd, Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Throughout Harold's childhood, he shared with his mother a passion for the theatre, and engaged in amateur theatrics for most of his adolescence.
		In 1906, young Harold had met the single greatest influence on his histrionic art: actor and mentor John Lane Connor, who took the youngster under his wing and engrained in him the desire for perfection which was to stay with Lloyd for the rest of his life.
		This brief role as a Yaqui Indian was the film debut of Harold Lloyd, and was followed by sporadic extra work with Edison, Keystone and Universal.
	www.haroldlloyd.us /articles/biog1.htm (397 words)

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