Bumping into Broadway
| Bumping Into Broadway | |
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| Directed by | Hal Roach |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | H. M. Walker |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Bumping Into Broadway is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1] This film is notable as Lloyd's first two-reeler featuring his "glasses" character.[2]
Plot
After some witty observations on the glamour of the Broadway scene the film tells the story of "The Girl" and "The Boy", she a chorus line girl and he a writer. They are both struggling to make it big and have trouble paying their rent in a boarding house run by a stern landlady with a simian toughguy bailiff character. The Girl is fired and The Boy tries to get to the Musical Director to pitch his play. After rejection and numerous antics, The Boy wins big in gaming and ends up with The Girl.
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as The Boy
- Bebe Daniels as Actress
- Snub Pollard as Stage Manager
- Roy Brooks (uncredited)
- Sammy Brooks (uncredited)
- William Gillespie as Stage Door Johnnie (uncredited)
- Helen Gilmore as Landlady (uncredited)
- Mark Jones as Evicted Boarder (uncredited)
- Dee Lampton (uncredited)
- Gus Leonard as Desperate Woman (uncredited)
- Gaylord Lloyd (uncredited)
- Fred C. Newmeyer (uncredited)
- Charles Stevenson (uncredited)
- Noah Young as Bouncer (uncredited)
See also
References
- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Bumping Into Broadway". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "Bumping Into Broadway". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
