Number, Please?

Number, Please?
Directed by	Hal Roach Fred C. Newmeyer
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Harold Lloyd
Cinematography	Walter Lundin
Release date(s)	26 December 1920
Running time	23 minutes
Country	USA
Language	Silent English intertitles

Number, Please? is a 1920 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Plot

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man (Lloyd) sees the girl (Mildred Davis) with her new boyfriend (Roy Brooks). When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. The girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent. The girl's new boyfriend races to her house to get the mother's permission, while the young man tries to telephone her. The young man faces crowded phone booths, gossiping operators, a crying baby and other obstacles in his effort to reach the mother first. Racing back to the girl, the two suitors bump into one another and a pickpocket who has just robbed the girl of her purse. The boy is mistaken for the pickpocket and must elude various policemen on his way back to meet the girl.

Cast

• Harold Lloyd - The Boy
• Mildred Davis - The Girl
• Roy Brooks - The Rival

See also

• Harold Lloyd filmography

External links

• Number, Please? at the Internet Movie Database
• The short film Number, Please? is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]