Grandma's Boy (1922 film)
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Produced by | Hal Roach (uncredited) |
| Written by | Hal Roach Sam Taylor Jean Havez H.M. Walker |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd |
| Distributed by | Hal Roach Studios |
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Release date
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September 3, 1922 |
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Running time
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60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $94,412 |
| Box office | $1.1 million (US/Canada) |
Grandma's Boy is a 1922 family comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development. This film was also an immensely popular, commercially successful film in its time.
The grandma's boy is a timid coward who cannot muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War that had been used by his grandfather, which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it was magical all along.
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