Just when I thought I've seen all there is the world has left of Lloyd, here's another gem offered that is not seen on DVD yet. Thanks so much....MORE!!!
I'm sure any of us with a trace of culture in our brains can see why Harold Lloyd became one of Jackie Chan's most influential figures, next to Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
Actually there was an American force sent to Archangel in Russia in 1919 through 1921. To this day the Russians are upset at this invasion (we were one of fourteen countries that participated with Britain, France, Japan, and others. A novel called "Fourteen Flags" was written about it in the 1960s. George Kennan also wrote a study of the incident in a series about American and Russian relations between 1917 and 1921.
Love the scene where Harold is about to shoot the jug of vodka! Wonder if Woody Allen knew this short. Some of the business reminded me of gags in Love and Death...
I doubt whether the movie-makers distinguished between them... It's not too widely known nowadays that we sent troops to Russia to fight on the side of the "White Army" (Czarist supporters) against the "Red Army" (Bolsheviks). If they'd had Harold they might have won the day, but actually they came home quietly after a while.
