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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820060303321

Autore

Bengtson John

Titolo

Silent visions [[electronic resource] ] : discovering early Hollywood and New York through the films of Harold Lloyd / / John Bengtson ; foreword by Kevin Brownlow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Solana Beach [Calif.], : Santa Monica Press, 2011

ISBN

1-59580-889-2

1-59580-888-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/8092

Soggetti

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) In motion pictures

New York (N.Y.) In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -"Today" Photo Credits -- Introduction by Suzanne Lloyd -- Foreword by Kevin Brownlow -- Author's Note -- Court &amp -- Hill, circa 1924 -- Third &amp -- Grand, circa 1924 -- Palms, circa 1924 -- The Rolin Studio -- Bumping Into Broadway -- From Hand to Mouth -- Haunted Spooks -- Visions of Bunker Hill -- The Hal Roach Studios -- Get Out and Get Under -- I Do -- Never Weaken -- A Sailor-Made Man -- Grandma's Boy -- Dr. Jack -- Why Worry? -- Visions of the Coast -- Tunnel Visions -- Visions of L.A.'s Historic Core- The Lloyd "Thrill" Picture -- Prologue-Ask Father -- Phase 1-Look Out Below -- Phase 2-High and Dizzy -- Phase 3-Never Weaken -- Phase 4-Safety Last! -- Phase 5-Feet First -- Epilogue-Safety Last! -- Lloyd's Hollywood Studio -- Girl Shy -- Hot Water -- The Freshman -- For Heaven's Sake -- The Kid Brother -- Speedy- Visions of New York -- Coney Island -- Midtown -- Brooklyn -- Downtown -- The Transition to Sound -- Feet First -- Movie Crazy -- Photo Credits -- Parting Shot.

Sommario/riassunto

Highlighting visions of a bygone age preserved in the background of Harold Lloyd's films, this history explores the urban landscapes of Hollywood, Los Angeles, and New York?popular settings for his films?through archival photographs, vintage maps, and scores of  then-and-now photographs. From Coney Island to Catalina Island and from



Brooklyn to Beverly Hills, Lloyd's timeless movies reflect visions of early 20th-century America unequalled on the silver screen and exemplified in the historical settings found in such classics as Safety Las