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sabotai · 07-23-2007, 07:47 PM

Girl Shy (1924)

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Rolston
Length: 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Based On: Original Screenplay by Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Tim Whelan and Ted Wilde

Nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

In this comedy, Harodl Lloyd plays a tailor with a dream of becoming a writer. He writes a book called "The Secrets of Making Love", a guide to the many different kinds of men and women. The guide is played out in dream sequences, most of which was extremely funny.

While writing this book, Lloyd meet Jobyna Rolston and falls in love with her, and she falls for him. The problem is she already about to marry someone else.

Lloyd sends his book off to a publisher and it becomes a hit at the publsiher's office...as a comedy. The women who work there laugh at the book and then at Lloyd when he comes in to see about the progress of the book. At first it is rejected and Lloyd walks away humiliated, but the publisher decides to release the book as a comedy. Now that he's a success, he races off to stop the girl's wedding.

This movie was very funny. The 'dream' sequences that showed excerts of the book, the scene on the train where he helps to smuggle a dog on, and the final scene where he races to stop the wedding are all pretty funny. Marked down the historical rating a bit since this seems to be one of Lloyd's lesser remembered films.

Entertainment Rating: 7/10
Historical Rating: 6/10

07-23-2007, 07:47 PM	#105
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Girl Shy (1924) Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Rolston Length: 82 min. Genre: Comedy Based On: Original Screenplay by Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Tim Whelan and Ted Wilde Nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs In this comedy, Harodl Lloyd plays a tailor with a dream of becoming a writer. He writes a book called "The Secrets of Making Love", a guide to the many different kinds of men and women. The guide is played out in dream sequences, most of which was extremely funny. While writing this book, Lloyd meet Jobyna Rolston and falls in love with her, and she falls for him. The problem is she already about to marry someone else. Lloyd sends his book off to a publisher and it becomes a hit at the publsiher's office...as a comedy. The women who work there laugh at the book and then at Lloyd when he comes in to see about the progress of the book. At first it is rejected and Lloyd walks away humiliated, but the publisher decides to release the book as a comedy. Now that he's a success, he races off to stop the girl's wedding. This movie was very funny. The 'dream' sequences that showed excerts of the book, the scene on the train where he helps to smuggle a dog on, and the final scene where he races to stop the wedding are all pretty funny. Marked down the historical rating a bit since this seems to be one of Lloyd's lesser remembered films. Entertainment Rating: 7/10 Historical Rating: 6/10 Last edited by sabotai : 12-16-2007 at 10:59 PM.