The Kid Brother

Infobox Film
name = The Kid Brother


caption = US Poster
director = Ted Wilde J.A. Howe (co-director) Harold Lloyd (uncredited) Lewis Milestone (uncredited)
producer = Harold Lloyd
writer =
starring = Harold Lloyd Jobyna Ralston
music =
cinematography = Walter Lundin
editing = Allen McNeil
distributor = Paramount
released = January 22, 1927 (U.S.)
runtime = 84 min
country = USA
language = Silent film
(English) intertitles
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:97655
imdb_id = 0018051 .

Plot

The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary.

Cast

Harold Lloyd ... Harold Hickory
Jobyna Ralston ... Mary Powers
Walter James ... Jim Hickory
Leo Willis ... Leo Hickory
Olin Francis ... Olin Hickory
Constantine Romanoff ... Sandoni
Eddie Boland ... "Flash" Farrell
Frank Lanning ... Sam Hooper
Ralph Yearsley ... Hank Hooper

Production

This was the last of Lloyd's features to star Jobyna Ralston, who starred as leading lady in five of his previous films. She would go on to play a supporting part in "Wings".

Lloyd wanted the film to have more gags than any of his previous features, so around eight writers and gagmen worked on the script. Many of these bits were cut from the finished film, and some were incorporated into Lloyd's subsequent films. The rural setting was a contrast to most of Lloyd's urban films of the mid to late 1920s. It was filmed in then-rural Glendale, Burbank, and Altadena (near current-day Pasadena), and the derelict ship scenes were filmed at Catalina Island.

Lewis Milestone directed a majority of the film, in an uncredited capacity. He left the production due to contract problems with another studio.

Restoration

*A restored version of "The Kid Brother" with a new score by Carl Davis was prepared by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill in the early 1990s. It is now available on DVD.

ee also

*List of United States comedy films

References

External links

* [http://www.haroldlloyd.com The Harold Lloyd Trust]