The sin of harold diddlebock preston sturges, 1947 12. His film credits are well over 100 and played the part of wormy in the sin of harold diddlebock. From here on out lloyd is paired with maybe the best thing in the film. Harold lloyd, frances ramsden, jimmy conlin director. The sin of harold diddlebock preston sturges, 1947 aka mad wednesday, 1950 sturges first film out of his paramount studios contract, and with his film company california films in partnership with millionaire polyglot howard hughes.
Timid milkman, burleigh sullivan lloyd, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. Filled with witty humor and harold lloyds flare for outrageous stunts, the sin of harold diddlebock is a mustsee film which brings the actionpacked humor of the silent era into the modern age and lays the foundation for so much of what passes for comedy today. Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, harold is a mildmannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. The sin of harold diddlebock pairs two of my favorite film legendspreston sturges and harold lloydin a combination that should have resulted in cinematic gold. The project began as a labor of love between lloyd and the brilliant, innovative producerwriterdirector preston sturges. Ultimately, its biggest sin is that it just isnt very funny. The physical comedy of the ledgedangling climax unsurprisingly works the best, so im sympathetic to the film s mistake of running a pretty good sequence into the ground. The sin of harold diddlebock 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The sin of harold diddlebock film, screwball comedy.
Though these two comedy geniuses eventually had a stylistic falling out, resulting in. Lso on view is the sin of harold diddlebock, made by preston sturges in 1947 just before lloyd retired from the movie world and meant as a tribute to lloyd by one of the hollywood giants he. Sin of harold diddlebock photos view all photos 2 movie info. Jan 28, 2020 the film sorely lacks sturges comedic touch too. The project began as a labor of love between lloyd and the brilliant. Two decades after a gamewinning touchdown and praise as a college football hero, the once hopeful harold diddlebock harold lloyd has been beaten down by the drudgery of office life. Unfortunately, the sin of harold diddlebock is not. They has a large number of creative the sin of harold diddlebock 1947, remix on vimeo. Harold constructed an elaborate movie star home in beverly hills and called it, greenacres. The sin of harold diddlebock is an american film directed by preston sturges, released in 1947. Directed and written by comic maverick preston sturges, this film tells the unlikely story of harold diddlebock. With harold lloyd, jimmy pittack, raymond walburn, rudy vallee, edgar kennedy, franklin pangborn, lionel. Howard hughes biography facts, childhood, family life. Overview of the sin of harold diddlebock, 1947, directed by preston sturges, with harold lloyd, jimmy conlin, raymond walburn, at turner classic movies.
Absent from films since 1938 except as producer of a brace of rko radio features, silentscreen comedy favorite harold lloyd returned before the cameras in the sin of harold diddlebock. Farrell macdonald, robert dudley, robert greig, lionel stander and jackie the lion. This is a public domain film 2 from the genius preston sturges and the great actor harold lloyd, at the top of his career. And loads of the bits here are done with a real lionlloyd gets props for courage handling this damn thing for extended periods during the film. This final film by silent screen star harold lloyd comes nine years after his previous feature. Robert greig december 27, 1879 june 27, 1958 was an australianamerican actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler. Harold goes to the circus where he attempts to resell it to the owner with no luck. Preston sturges twenty years after his college triumphs on the football field, a mildmannered clerk dreams about marrying the girl at. The sin of harold diddlebock directed by preston sturges. Originally telecast from 1947 to 1959, it has the distinction of being one of the few television series to air on all four tv networks during the golden age of television.
The physical comedy of the ledgedangling climax unsurprisingly works the best, so im sympathetic to the film s mistake of. Even more disappointing was the lackluster reception it received at the box office. Lloyd had none of the vaudeville training of charlie chaplin or buster keaton, the two other geniuses of. With harold lloyd, adolphe menjou, verree teasdale, helen mack. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at, or by clicking. He recklessly places a large bet at the track and wins, and with the cash he buys a circus. The sin of harold diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by preston sturges, starring the silent film comic icon harold lloyd, and featuring a supporting cast including female protagonist frances ramsden, jimmy conlin, raymond walburn, rudy vallee, arline judge, edgar kennedy, franklin pangborn, j. In this film, that reprises a character portrayed by lloyd in a 1925 film, it is shown what happened to our hero, harold diddlebock lloyd, twenty years after his big triumph on the college football field. The fighters manager decides to build up the milkmans reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title. Howard hughes quickly pulled the film from distribution and spent three years cutting and recutting it without input from either sturges or lloyd. The sin of harold diddlebock wikimili, the free encyclopedia. When the sin of harold diddlebock was released in 1947 neither sturges nor lloyd was happy with it. Of all the silent film comedians, harold lloyd was the most profitable. By the mid 1920s, harold had left roach and was producing all the films in which he starred.
Comic actor harold lloyd 18931971 is cornered in hal roachs an eastern westerner. The sequel to the freshman, this film follows the events that befall a man when he is fired from his job and forced to start his. Harold married his leading lady, mildred davis, and they raised three children together. These are the known films of harold lloyd 18931971, an american actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies most of these films are known to survive in lloyds personal archive collection, along with various film archives around the world. The sin of harold diddlebock mad wednesday full movie with harold lloyd. Appeared in valdville with his wife myrtle glass as conlin and glass. The sin of harold diddlebock 1947 the movie database. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the sin of harold diddlebock 1947 preston sturges on allmovie. The sin of harold diddlebock 1947 harold lloyd youtube. The sin of harold diddlebock 1999 two decades after a gamewinning touchdown and praise as a college football hero, the once hopeful harold diddlebock harold lloyd has been beaten down by the.
One response to sin of harold diddlebock, the 1947. Silent film comedy with harold lloyd and chamber music score duration. Warner the maltese falcon roy gordon the oxbow incident clay mitchell the philadelphia story kristen demaline the sin of harold diddlebock david joyner the third man harry cooke to have and have not felicity flesher. The sin of harold diddlebock is a 1947 american comedy film written and directed by preston sturges. The sin of harold diddlebock 1947 approved 1h 29min comedy 4 april 1947 usa twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, harold is a mildmannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. The sin of harold diddlebock on the day he is fired after 22 years as a bank clerk, harold diddlebock harold lloyd drowns his sorrows at a bar. Instead, we are treated to something more like pyrite. Twentythree years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mildmannered harold diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, deadend bookkeeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon j. Sturges mightve meant the sin of harold diddlebock as a love letter to lloyd, but i think he wouldve been better off allowing lloyd to direct the picture as their sensibilities dont quite gel. One such case of a film fading away into obscurity is the sin of harold diddlebock. Jan 21, 2017 the sin of harold diddlebock mad wednesday full movie with harold lloyd. The sin of harold diddlebock moviepedia fandom powered.
At its most basic, the sin of harold diddlebock is a film that cant figure out what to do with harold lloyd so it cycles through a slew of unsatisfying options. I know ive seen the film before and the one i rewatched was 90 minutes and felt complete. Sturges adapted his script idea the sin of hilda diddlebock about a young girls misadventures in hollywood for a favorite silent film star, harold lloyd. It is a continution of the 1925 film, the freshman. The sin of harold diddlebock by preston sturges al bridge.