Harold Lloyd filmography
These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection and in various film archives around the world. Some are also available on DVD or Blu-ray. The negatives of many of Lloyd's early short films were lost in a fire at his estate in 1943. The losses include five of the six Willie Work films, 53 of the 67 Lonesome Luke films, and 15 of the 81 one-reel Glasses character films.[1] All of Lloyd's films from Bumping into Broadway (1919) onward exist in complete form in the archives. He carefully preserved his feature films, and they remain in excellent condition. All of the films are listed in order of release date.
Early films
1913
In most of Lloyd's early films, he appeared as an uncredited extra or in a minor supporting role.
No. | Title | Release Date | Director | Archive Status |
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1. | The Old Monk's Tale | February 15, 1913 | J. Searle Dawley | Exists |
2. | Cupid in a Dental Parlor [note 1] | March 2, 1913 | Mack Sennett | Unknown |
3. | His Chum the Baron [note 1] | March 12, 1913 | Henry Lehrman | |
4. | Algy on the Force [note 1] | March 28, 1913 | ||
5. | The Twelfth Juror | April 19, 1913 | George Lessey | |
6. | Hulda of Holland | April 21, 1913 | J. Searle Dawley | |
7. | Rory o' the Bogs | December 20, 1913 | J. Farrell MacDonald |
1914
No. | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Archive Status |
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8. | Twixt Love and Fire | February 23, 1914 | George Nichols | Unknown |
9. | Sealed Orders [note 1] | March 30, 1914 | Unknown | |
10. | Samson | April 30, 1914 | J. Farrell MacDonald | |
11. | The Sandhill Lovers | June 15, 1914 | Unknown | |
12. | The Patchwork Girl of Oz | September 29, 1914 | J. Farrell MacDonald | Exists |
13. | 'Curses' They Remarked [note 1] | November 5, 1914 | Dell Henderson | |
14. | His Heart, His Hand and His Sword | November 9, 1914 | George P. Hamilton
Lorimer Johnston |
Unknown |
1915
No. | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Archive Status |
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15. | Hogan's Romance Upset | February 13, 1915 | Charles Avery | Exists |
16. | Love, Loot and Crash | April 24, 1915 | Nick Cogley | |
17. | Their Social Splash | April 26, 1915 | Arvid E. Gillstrom
Charles Avery | |
18. | Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers | May 15, 1915 | Roscoe Arbuckle | |
19. | From Italy's Shores | May 19, 1915 | Otis Turner | Unknown |
20. | Court House Crooks | July 5, 1915 | Charles Parrott | Exists |
21. | A Submarine Pirate | November 14, 1915 | Charles Avery | |
22. | The New Adventures of Terrance O’Rourke | December 4, 1915 | Otis Turner | Unknown |
Willie Work
1915
No. | Title | Release Date | Director | Archive Status |
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1. | Willie Runs the Park | January 2, 1915 | Hal Roach | Lost |
2. | Beyond His Fondest Hopes | January 30, 1915 | ||
3. | Close-Cropped Clippings | January 30, 1915 | ||
4. | Pete, the Pedal Polisher | January 30, 1915 | ||
5. | Just Nuts | April 19, 1915 | Exists | |
6. | The Hungry Actors | June 17, 1915 | Lost |
Lonesome Luke
1915
No. | Title | Release Date | Director | Archive Status |
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1. | Spit-Ball Sadie | July 31, 1915 | Hal Roach | Lost |
2. | Terribly Stuck Up | August 28, 1915 | ||
3. | A Mixup for Mazie | September 6, 1915 | ||
4. | Some Baby | September 20, 1915 | ||
5. | Fresh from the Farm | October 4, 1915 | ||
6. | Giving Them Fits | November 1, 1915 | Exists | |
7. | Bughouse Bellhops | November 8, 1915 | Lost | |
8. | Tinkering with Trouble | November 17, 1915 | ||
9. | Great While It Lasted | November 24, 1915 | ||
10. | Ragtime Snap Shots | December 1, 1915 | ||
11. | A Foozle at the Tee Party | December 8, 1915 | ||
12. | Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks | December 15, 1915 | ||
13. | Peculiar Patients' Pranks | December 22, 1915 | Exists | |
14. | Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster | December 29, 1915 | Lost |
1916
No. | Title | Release Date | Director | Archive Status |
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15. | Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary | January 5, 1916 | Hal Roach | Lost |
16. | Luke Lugs Luggage | January 10, 1916 | ||
17. | Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury | January 19, 1916 | ||
18. | Luke, the Candy Cut-Up | January 31, 1916 | Exists | |
19. | Luke Foils the Villain | February 16, 1916 | Lost | |
20. | Luke and the Rural Roughnecks | March 1, 1916 | Exists | |
21. | Luke Pipes the Pippins | March 15, 1916 | Lost | |
22. | Lonesome Luke, Circus King | March 29, 1916 | ||
23. | Luke's Double | April 12, 1916 | Exists | |
24. | Them Was the Happy Days! | April 26, 1916 | Lost | |
25. | Luke and the Bomb Throwers | May 8, 1916 | ||
26. | Luke's Late Lunchers | May 22, 1916 | ||
27. | Luke Laughs Last | June 5, 1916 | ||
28. | Luke's Fatal Flivver | June 19, 1916 | ||
29. | Luke's Society Mixup | June 26, 1916 | ||
30. | Luke's Washful Waiting | July 3, 1916 | ||
31. | Luke Rides Roughshod | July 10, 1916 | ||
32. | Luke, Crystal Gazer | July 24, 1916 | Exists | |
33. | Luke's Lost Lamb | August 7, 1916 | Lost | |
34. | Luke Does the Midway | August 21, 1916 | ||
35. | Luke Joins the Navy | September 3, 1916 | Exists | |
36. | Luke and the Mermaids | September 17, 1916 | Lost | |
37. | Luke's Speedy Club Life | October 1, 1916 | ||
38. | Luke and the Bang-Tails | October 15, 1916 | Exists | |
39. | Luke, the Chauffeur | October 29, 1916 | Lost | |
40. | Luke's Preparedness Preparations | November 5, 1916 | ||
41. | Luke, the Gladiator | November 15, 1916 | ||
42. | Luke, Patient Provider | November 19, 1916 | ||
43. | Luke's Newsie Knockout | November 26, 1916 | ||
44. | Luke's Movie Muddle | December 3, 1916 | Exists | |
45. | Luke, Rank Impersonator | December 10, 1916 | Lost | |
46. | Luke's Fireworks Fizzle | December 17, 1916 | ||
47. | Luke Locates the Loot | December 24, 1916 | Exists | |
48. | Luke's Shattered Sleep | December 31, 1916 |
1917
No. | Title | Release Date | Director | Archive Status |
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49. | Luke's Lost Liberty | January 7, 1917 | Hal Roach | Lost |
50. | Luke's Busy Day | January 21, 1917 | ||
51. | Luke's Trolley Troubles | February 4, 1917 | ||
52. | Lonesome Luke, Lawyer | February 18, 1917 | ||
53. | Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire [note 2] | February 25, 1917 | ||
54. | Lonesome Luke's Lively Life | March 18, 1917 | ||
55. | Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley | April 15, 1917 | Exists | |
56. | Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon | May 20, 1917 | Lost | |
57. | Lonesome Luke, Plumber | June 17, 1917 | ||
58. | Stop! Luke! Listen! | July 15, 1917 | ||
59. | Lonesome Luke, Messenger | August 5, 1917 | Exists | |
60. | Lonesome Luke, Mechanic | August 19, 1917 | Lost | |
61. | Lonesome Luke's Wild Women | September 2, 1917 | Exists | |
62. | Lonesome Luke Loses Patients | September 16, 1917 | Lost | |
63. | Birds of a Feather | October 7, 1917 | ||
64. | From Laramie to London | October 21, 1917 | ||
65. | Love, Laughs and Lather | November 4, 1917 | ||
66. | Clubs Are Trump | November 18, 1917 | Exists | |
67. | We Never Sleep | December 2, 1917 | Lost |
Glasses character ("The Boy"): one-reel shorts
1917
No. | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Archive Status |
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1. | Over the Fence | September 9, 1917 | Harold Lloyd
J. Farrell Macdonald |
Exists |
2. | Pinched | September 23, 1917 | Harold Lloyd
Gilbert Pratt | |
3. | By the Sad Sea Waves | September 30, 1917 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
4. | Bliss | October 14, 1917 | ||
5. | Rainbow Island | October 28, 1917 | Gilbert Pratt | |
6. | The Flirt | November 11, 1917 | ||
7. | All Aboard | November 25, 1917 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
8. | Move On | December 9, 1917 | Gilbert Pratt | |
9. | Bashful | December 23, 1917 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
10. | Step Lively [note 3] | December 30, 1917 |
1918
No. | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Archive Status |
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11. | The Tip | January 6, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | Exists |
12. | The Big Idea | January 20, 1918 | ||
13. | The Lamb | February 3, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt
Harold Lloyd |
Lost |
14. | Hit Him Again | February 17, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
15. | Beat It | February 24, 1918 | Exists | |
16. | A Gasoline Wedding | March 3, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
17. | Look Pleasant, Please | March 10, 1918 | ||
18. | Here Come the Girls | March 17, 1918 | Fred Fishback | |
19. | Let's Go | March 24, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
20. | On the Jump | March 31, 1918 | ||
21. | Follow the Crowd [note 3] | April 7, 1918 | ||
22. | Pipe the Whiskers | April 14, 1918 | ||
23. | It's a Wild Life | April 21, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
24. | Hey There! | April 28, 1918 | ||
25. | Kicked Out | May 5, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
26. | The Non-Stop Kid | May 12, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
27. | Two-Gun Gussie | May 19, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
28. | Fireman Save My Child | May 26, 1918 | ||
29. | The City Slicker | June 2, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
30. | Sic 'Em, Towser | June 8, 1918 | Lost | |
31. | Somewhere in Turkey | June 16, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | Exists |
32. | Are Crooks Dishonest? | June 23, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
33. | An Ozark Romance | July 7, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
34. | Kicking the Germ Out of Germany | July 21, 1918 | Lost | |
35. | That's Him | August 4, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | Exists |
36. | Bride and Gloom | August 18, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | Lost |
37. | Two Scrambled | September 1, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
38. | Bees in His Bonnet | September 15, 1918 | ||
39. | Swing Your Partners | September 29, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | Exists |
40. | Why Pick on Me? | October 18, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
41. | Nothing but Trouble | October 27, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
42. | Hear 'Em Rave | November 10, 1918 | Gilbert Pratt | |
43. | Take a Chance | November 24, 1918 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
44. | She Loves Me Not | December 29, 1918 |
1919
No. | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Archive Status |
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45. | Wanted – $5,000 | January 12, 1919 | Gilbert Pratt | Lost |
46. | Going! Going! Gone! [note 4] | January 26, 1919 | Exists | |
47. | Ask Father | February 9, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
48. | On the Fire | February 23, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
49. | I'm on My Way | March 9, 1919 | ||
50. | Look Out Below | March 16, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
51. | The Dutiful Dub | March 23, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
52. | Next Aisle Over | March 30, 1919 | ||
53. | A Sammy in Siberia | April 6, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
54. | Just Dropped In | April 13, 1919 | ||
55. | Crack Your Heels | April 20, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
56. | Ring Up the Curtain | April 27, 1919 | ||
57. | Young Mr. Jazz | May 4, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
58. | Si, Senor | May 11, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | Lost |
59. | Before Breakfast | May 18, 1919 | Hal Roach | Exists |
60. | The Marathon | May 25, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
61. | Back to the Woods | June 1, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
62. | Pistols for Breakfast | June 8, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
63. | Swat the Crook | June 13, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
64. | Off the Trolley | June 22, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
65. | Spring Fever | June 29, 1919 | Hal Roach
Frank Terry | |
66. | Billy Blazes, Esq. | July 6, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
67. | Just Neighbors | July 13, 1919 | Harold Lloyd
Frank Terry | |
68. | At the Old Stage Door | July 20, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
69. | Never Touched Me | July 27, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
70. | A Jazzed Honeymoon | August 3, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
71. | Count Your Change | August 10, 1919 | Alfred J. Goulding | |
72. | Chop Suey & Co. | August 17, 1919 | ||
73. | Heap Big Chief | August 24, 1919 | ||
74. | Don't Shove | August 31, 1919 | ||
75. | Be My Wife | September 7, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
76. | The Rajah | September 14, 1919 | Lost | |
77. | He Leads, Others Follow | September 21, 1919 | Hal Roach
Vincent Bryan | |
78. | Soft Money | September 28, 1919 | ||
79. | Count the Votes | October 5, 1919 | Hal Roach | |
80. | Pay Your Dues | October 12, 1919 | Hal Roach | Exists |
81. | His Only Father | October 19, 1919 | Hal Roach | Lost |
Glasses character ("The Boy"): two-/three-reel shorts
From this point onward, all of Lloyd's films exist in the archives.
1919
No. | Title | Release Date | Length | Director | Character Type | Leading Lady |
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1. | Bumping into Broadway | November 2, 1919 | 2300 ft. | Hal Roach | Playwright | Bebe Daniels |
2. | Captain Kidd's Kids | November 30, 1919 | 2000 ft. | Rich Bachelor | ||
3. | From Hand to Mouth | December 28, 1919 | 2200 ft. | Alfred J. Goulding | Penniless Young Man | Mildred Davis |
1920
No. | Title | Release Date | Length | Director(s) | Character Type | Leading Lady |
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4. | His Royal Slyness | February 8, 1920 | 2700 ft. | Hal Roach | Book Salesman | Mildred Davis |
5. | Haunted Spooks | March 21, 1920 | 2500 ft. | Hal Roach
Alfred J. Goulding |
Rejected Suitor | |
6. | An Eastern Westerner | May 2, 1920 | 2000 ft. | Hal Roach | Wealthy New Yorker | |
7. | High and Dizzy | July 11, 1920 | 2600 ft. | Doctor | ||
8. | Get Out and Get Under | September 12, 1920 | 2500 ft. | New Car Owner | ||
9. | Number, Please? | December 26, 1920 | 2300 ft. | Hal Roach | Lonely Young Man |
1921
No. | Title | Release Date | Length | Director(s) | Character Type | Leading Lady |
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10. | Now or Never | May 5, 1921 | 3600 ft. | Hal Roach
Fred Newmeyer |
Childhood Sweetheart | Mildred Davis |
11. | Among Those Present | July 3, 1921 | 3500 ft. | Fred Newmeyer | Ambitious Young Man | |
12. | I Do | September 11, 1921 | 2600 ft. | Babysitter | ||
13. | Never Weaken | October 22, 1921 | 2900 ft. | Businessman |
1923
No. | Title | Release Date | Length | Director(s) | Character Type |
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1. | Dogs of War | July 1, 1923 | 2900ft. | Robert F. McGowan | Self |
- Dogs of War (1923), an Our Gang comedy filmed along with the feature film Why Worry?. Lloyd played himself.
Feature-length films
Lloyd starred in a total of 18 feature-length motion pictures, consisting of 11 silent and seven sound films. Lloyd also reedited his material into two compilation features.
Silent features
No. | Title | Release date | Length | Director(s) | Character name | Character type | Leading lady | Story |
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1 | A Sailor-Made Man | December 25, 1921 | 3846 ft. | Fred Newmeyer | The Boy | Rich Idler | Mildred Davis | Must prove worthy of girl, joins navy, rescues her from a maharajah in Middle Eastern city. |
2 | Grandma's Boy | September 3, 1922 | 4841 ft. | The Boy (Sonny / Harold) | Meek Country Boy Granddaddy |
Cowardly country boy gains courage from magic charm, Civil War flashback. Lloyd's favorite film. | ||
3 | Dr. Jack | November 23, 1922 | 4700 ft. | Dr. Jackson (Jack) | Successful Country Doctor | Small-town country doctor uses common sense to cure patients. | ||
4 | Safety Last! | April 1, 1923 | 6300 ft. | Fred Newmeyer Sam Taylor |
Harold Lloyd | Industrious Go-Getter | Country boy goes to city to be a success, ends up climbing building as stunt. Last film with Davis, whom he married. | |
5 | Why Worry? | September 16, 1923 | 5500 ft. | Harold Van Pelham | Wealthy Hypochondriac | Jobyna Ralston | Hypochondriac goes to South America for rest, lands in revolution. Last Lloyd film produced by Hal Roach. | |
6 | Girl Shy | March 28, 1924 | 7457 ft. | The Poor Boy (Harold Meadows) | Shy Dreamer | Shy stutterer writes book on lovemaking, must rescue girl from marrying wrong man. Race sequence at end. | ||
7 | Hot Water | October 26, 1924 | 4899 ft. | Hubby | Hen-Pecked Husband | Family situation comedy, episodic, live turkey on trolley, madcap car ride, haunted-house finale. | ||
8 | The Freshman | September 30, 1925 | 6883 ft. | Harold Lamb | College Go-Getter | Popularity-conscious student tries to be "Big Man on Campus," finally wins big football game and girl. | ||
9 | For Heaven's Sake | April 5, 1926 | 5356 ft. | Sam Taylor | The Updown Boy (J. Harold Mannors) | Debonaire Millionaire | Rich man aids slum mission, must get drunks to wedding on time. | |
10 | The Kid Brother | January 17, 1927 | 7654 ft. | Ted Wilde J.A. Howe Lewis Milestone (uncredited) Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
Harold Hickory | Bashful Farm Boy | Son of sheriff must prove his manhood, captures crook, returns stolen money, wins girl. | |
11 | Speedy | April 7, 1928 (silent version) December 15, 1928 (added dialogue sequences) |
7776 ft. | Ted Wilde (silent version) Clyde Bruckman (sound version) |
Harold "Speedy" Swift | Carefree City Boy | Ann Christy | Baseball-crazed city boy can't keep job, upsets mobsters plans to ruin old man's business. New York location, Babe Ruth appearance. Lloyd's only part-talking feature. |
Sound features
No. | Title | Release date | Length | Director(s) | Character name | Character type | Leading lady | Story |
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1 | Welcome Danger | October 12, 1929 | 10297 ft. 115 minutes |
Mal St. Clair Clyde Bruckman |
Harold Bledsoe | Industrious Detective | Barbara Kent | Botanist-turned-sleuth thwarts Chinese hoods in San Francisco. Lloyd's first all-talking feature. |
2 | Feet First | November 8, 1930 | 8130 ft. 90 minutes |
Clyde Bruckman | Harold Horne | Ambitious Fumbler | Shoe salesman pretends to be successful businessman. Gags on boat, big-thrill building climb at end. Episodic. | |
3 | Movie Crazy | September 23, 1932 | 8852 ft. 98 minutes |
Harold Hall | Meek Fumbler | Constance Cummings | Boy tries to make good in Hollywood. | |
4 | The Cat's-Paw | August 7, 1934 | 9157 ft. 102 minutes |
Sam Taylor | Ezekiel Cobb | Missionary turned Reformer | Una Merkel Grace Bradley |
Accidentally elected mayor, naive reformer takes brunt of political machine. Oriental setting. |
5 | The Milky Way | March 25, 1936 | 8010 ft. 89 minutes |
Leo McCarey | Burleigh Sullivan | Milkman turned Prizefighter | Verree Teasdale Helen Mack Dorothy Wilson |
Quick-paced verbal comedy with top supporting cast. Fixed fights send weakling to championship fight. |
6 | Professor Beware | July 29, 1938 | 8550 ft. 93 minutes |
Elliott Nugent | Prof. Dean Lambert | Fumbling Professor | Phyllis Welch | Egyptologist searches for missing tablets. |
7 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (original release title) |
April 4, 1947 | 8010 ft. 89 minutes |
Preston Sturges | Harold Diddlebock | Clerk turned Promotor | Frances Ramsden | Man's first drink changes him into live wire, thrill on high building again. Recut by Howard Hughes. |
Mad Wednesday (re-issue title) |
October 28, 1950 | 6930 ft. 76 minutes |
Compilations
No. | Title | Release date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy | 1962 | An anthology of comedy sequences, mostly from Safety Last!, The Freshman, Hot Water, Why Worry?, Girl Shy, Professor Beware, Movie Crazy, and Feet First. |
2 | The Funny Side of Life | 1963 | Another compilation, produced and edited by Lloyd. Not generally distributed in the United States. |
As producer only
Harold Lloyd's company Hollywood Productions made a series of short subject comedies starring Edward Everett Horton in 1927 and 1928. He also produced, but did not star in, two feature films.
No. | Title | Release date | Director(s) | Stars |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A Girl, a Guy and a Gob | 1941 | Richard Wallace | Lucille Ball, George Murphy, Edmond O'Brien, and Franklin Pangborn |
2 | My Favorite Spy | 1942 | Tay Garnett | Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, and Robert Armstrong |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Unconfirmed appearance
- ^ From this film onwards until the end of the 'Lonesome Luke' series in December 1917, all releases were two reelers.
- ^ a b A print exists, despite being listed as missing in the Lloyd collection.
- ^ A French print exists, despite being listed as missing in the Lloyd collection.
References
- ^ D'Agostino Lloyd, Annette (2019). "The State of Lloyd's Films". Harold Lloyd Dot US.
Bibliography
- Reilly, Adam (1977). Harold Lloyd – "The King of Daredevil Comedy." New York: Collier Books.
- Schickel, Richard (1974). Harold Lloyd – The Shape of Laughter. Boston: New York Graphic Society.