The first of Lloyd’s silent “thrill” comedies, and filmed beside the Hill Street balustrade in downtown Los Angeles.
In the film, the railing wasn’t visible, thus giving the illusion that they were several stories above the ground. Producer Hal Roach stands to the far left, with Lloyd co-star comedian Snub Pollard at back. Lloyd’s first leading lady, Bebe Daniels, sits beside Lloyd on the beam. The Bradbury Mansion, off camera to the right, was home for many years to the Rolin Film Company, the studio founded by in 1914 Roach and Daniel Linthicum, that would be re-named the Hal Roach Studios when production moved to new facilities in Culver City in 1920. Lloyd worked with Roach for many years before leaving, amicably, to form his own production company in 1924.
In the film, the railing wasn’t visible, thus giving the illusion that they were several stories above the ground. Producer Hal Roach stands to the far left, with Lloyd co-star comedian Snub Pollard at back. Lloyd’s first leading lady, Bebe Daniels, sits beside Lloyd on the beam. The Bradbury Mansion, off camera to the right, was home for many years to the Rolin Film Company, the studio founded by in 1914 Roach and Daniel Linthicum, that would be re-named the Hal Roach Studios when production moved to new facilities in Culver City in 1920. Lloyd worked with Roach for many years before leaving, amicably, to form his own production company in 1924.
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