Beat It (1918)
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.
Director: Gilbert Pratt
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Harold Lloyd as |
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard as |
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Bebe Daniels as |
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Maybelle Ballard as |
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William Blaisdell as |
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James Blyler as |
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Florence Brewster as |
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Sammy Brooks as |
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Lige Conley as |
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Billy Evans as |
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Billy Fay as |
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Otto Fries as |
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William Gillespie as |
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Max Hamburger as |
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Lew Harvey as |
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Grace La Rue as |
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Oscar Larson as |
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Maynard Laswell as |
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Gus Leonard as |
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Chris Lynton as |
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Golda Madden as |
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M.J. McCarthy as |
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Charles McHugh as |
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Belle Mitchell as |
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Evelyn Page as |
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James Parrott as |
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Hazel Powell as |
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Sandy Roth as |
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Charles Rutan as |
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Edith Sinclair as |
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William Strohbach as |
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Dorothy Terry as |
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Henrietta Thompson as |
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Irene Tyner as |
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Dorothea Wolbert as |
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King Zany as |
| Directing | Gilbert Pratt | Director |
| Writing | H.M. Walker | Dialogue |
| Production | Hal Roach | Producer |
| Camera | Walter Lundin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dwight Whiting | General Manager |