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Harold is a cowardly young man who runs to his grandmother (Anna Townsend) out of fear when he is asked to participate in the manhunt for a tramp (Dick Sutherland) who has killed a man. The boy finds the courage only after his wise granny gives him a magic talisman that she tells him had helped his equally timid grandfather become a hero in the Civil War. Only after Harold single-handedly captures the killer does his grandmother tell him the truth—the talisman was a fake, nothing more than an old umbrella handle. Harold always had the courage inside him; he just had to find it for himself—a classic Lloyd lesson. The film ends with Harold ridding himself of a bully (Charles Stevenson) and proposing to his girl (Mildred Davis). The film’s brilliantly integrated plot and gags made Grandma’s Boy one of the most influential of silent feature-length comedies. Upon its release Charlie Chaplin called it “one of the best-constructed screenplays I have ever seen” and elements of the film can be seen in Buster Keaton’s masterpiece, The General (1926).
Original Release
09/03/1922
US Release
09/03/1922
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Townsend | His Grandma |
Charles Stevenson | Harold's Rival / His Rival / Union General |
Dick Sutherland | The Rolling Stone |
Noah Young | Sheriff of Dabney County |
Jack Morgan | Little Boy with Grandma |
Roy Brooks | Townsman |
Sammy Brooks | Townsman |
Jack Edwards | Grandma's Boy as a Baby |
William Gillespie | Townsman / Union General |
John Hatton | Schoolboy Bully #1 |
Directors
Writers
Harold Lloyd, Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, Jean C. Havez, H.M. Walker, Thomas J. Crizer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Townsend | His Grandma |
Charles Stevenson | Harold's Rival / His Rival / Union General |
Dick Sutherland | The Rolling Stone |
Noah Young | Sheriff of Dabney County |
Jack Morgan | Little Boy with Grandma |
Roy Brooks | Townsman |
Sammy Brooks | Townsman |
Jack Edwards | Grandma's Boy as a Baby |
William Gillespie | Townsman / Union General |
John Hatton | Schoolboy Bully #1 |
Wally Howe | The Girl's Father / Bearded Farmer |
Mark Jones | Old Hag with Talisman |
James T. Kelley | Townsman |
Gus Leonard | Farmer |
Gaylord Lloyd | Townsman |
George Rowe | Townsman |
May Wallace | The Girl's Mother |
George Ward | Schoolboy Bully #2 |
Harold Lloyd | Grandma's Boy |
Miklós Ómolnár | His Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Suzanne Lloyd Hayes | Executive Producer |
Hal Roach | Producer |
Jeffrey Vance | Producer |