Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Harold Lloyd, 1959.
Creator: | Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 76 pages Sound recording 8 reels Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteFilm comedian, director
Scope and ContentsIntroduction to film; reminiscences of early career: Hal Roach, Mack Sennett; creation of Lonesome Luke, use of horn-rimmed glasses as trademark; discussion of films, "Grandma's Voice," filming of "Safety Last"; conversion to sound, progress in film, making of his first sound film, silent film theory; "Mad Wednesday," and Preston Sturges. Audio is comprised of the interview and the narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
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