Never Weaken (1921)
Never Weaken
(Fred C. Newmeyer, US 1921, 19 min., 35mm)
Why Worry?
(Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, US 1923, 63 min., 35mm)
Silent Tuesdays. Celebrating the 125th birthday of the silent era’s “Third Genius,” Harold Lloyd, the Dryden presents these two films that catch the comedian at his best. In the first, Lloyd attempts to help his sweetheart’s employment status, but is heartbroken when he believes that she may love another, leading to a dangerous decision. Released the same year as Safety Last!, Why Worry? features Lloyd as Harold van Pelham, a wealthy hypochondriac looking for rest and relaxation on the fictional island of Paradiso. Instead, he walks into a revolutionary uprising and winds up in jail next to the seven-foot-tall Colosso, a “wild” man with a toothache. Live piano by Philip C. Carli.