The Devil's Sleep 1949  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W. Merle Connell
Cast: Lita Grey, John Mitchum, William Thomason, Tracy Lynne, Timothy Farrell, George Eiferman, Laura Travers, Bob Lenihan, Fred Smith, Mildred Davis
Juvenile court judge Rosalind Ballentine (Lita Grey) takes matters into her own hands and investigates a narcotics ring that preys on teens–including her daughter.
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Dr. Jack 1922  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Doctor Jack
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince, Eric Mayne, C. Norman Hammond, Charles Stevenson, Anna Townsend
Small-town Dr. "Jack" Jackson (Harold Lloyd) visits The Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) in the sanitarium where she is being cared for by a quack, Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), who is making a fortune off his patient. Her treatment takes place in a dark room, and Dr. "Jack" decides that sunshine–not the dark–is what she needs. As it turns out, she falls in love with Dr. "Jack" and he with her. In the process, Dr. "Jack" scares Dr. Saulsbourg by disguising himself as an escaped convict, Dr. Saulsbourg leaves the sanitarium, and the love story is allowed to continue.
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Grandma's Boy 1922  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland, Noah Young, Wallace Howe, Roy Brooks, Gus Leonard, Gaylord Lloyd
Grandma's Boy (Harold Lloyd) is a coward, but with help from his Grandma (Anna Townsend), who gives him a magic amulet, he becomes a hero when he joins a posse and captures a fugitive tramp. In the process, he even wins his Girl (Mildred Davis).
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Safety Last 1923  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke, Mickey Daniels, Anna Townsend, Helen Gilmore, Gus Leonard, Roy Brooks
A country boy heads to the big city to make good in this very funny silent film. He ends up climbing a building as a publicity stunt for the department store for which he works and this climb is one of the all-time classic sequences.
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A Sailor-Made Man 1921 N/R, 47 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland, Gus Leonard, Leo Willis, Jobyna Ralston
In Harold Lloyd's first feature film, he takes on the role of a playboy who joins the Navy in order to prove to the father of his girlfriend (Mildred Davis) that he is worthy of her. When his ship pulls into port in a Middle Eastern country, his girlfriend and her father sail in on their yacht. The girlfriend is captured by a wicked maharaja (Dick Sutherland), and now it is up to the young Naval officer to rescue her.
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World of Comedy 1962 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Documentary
aka: Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
Director: Harold Lloyd
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Mildred Davis
This film represents the compilation of Harold Lloyd's silent comedies and includes "Safety Last" (1923), "Hot Water" (1924), "Girl Shy" (1924), and "The Kid Brother" (1924). Also included are scenes from Lloyd's talkies and include "Movie Crazy (1932) and "Feet First" (1930). Assembled by Lloyd himself, the scenes provide good viewing.
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| 1. The Devil's Sleep (1949)
2. Dr. Jack (1922)
aka: Doctor Jack
3. Grandma's Boy (1922)
4. Safety Last (1923)
5. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
6. World of Comedy (1962)
aka: Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
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