Beat It

📅 1918 ⏱️ 11 min 🎭 Comedy, Short

📋 Details

🎬 Director

Gilbert Pratt

🎥 Producers

Hal Roach

🌍 Countries

United States of America

🏢 Production

Rolin Films

🗣️ Languages

No Language

🎭 Genres

Comedy Short

📖 Overview

Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation. In an attempt to reinvent himself, Lloyd donned a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and thus, a new comedy legend was born. Setting himself against Chaplin, Lloyd’s “glasses character” was an everyman, a resourceful go-getter who embodied the ambitious, success-seeking attitude of 1920s America.