Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy is a 1922 Family comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development. Lloyd plays the grandma's boy, a timid coward who cannot muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it all along. This film was an immensely popular, commercially...
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Release date:May 20, 1922
Directed by:Fred C. Newmeyer
Rated:G (USA)
Runtime:60 Minutes
Producer:Hal Roach, Jeffrey Vance
Editor:Thomas J. Crizer
Music by:Robert A. Israel, Don Hulette
Cinematography:Walter Lundin
Screenplay by:H. M. Walker, Thomas J. Crizer

Cast of Grandma's Boy

Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
Grandma's Boy
Born:Apr. 20, 1893
Died:Mar. 8, 1971
William Gillespie
William Gillespie
Townsman
Born:Jan. 24, 1894
Died:June 23, 1938
William Gillespie
William Gillespie
Union General
Born:Jan. 24, 1894
Died:June 23, 1938
Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson
His Rival
Born:Oct. 13, 1887
Died:July 4, 1943
Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson
Union General
Born:Oct. 13, 1887
Died:July 4, 1943
Wallace Howe
Wallace Howe
Bearded Farmer
Born:1878
Died:Nov. 23, 1957

Film director of Grandma's Boy

Fred C. Newmeyer
Fred C. Newmeyer
Born: August 9, 1881
Died: April 24, 1967

Fred C. Newmeyer was an actor and film director.

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