Bumping into Broadway
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| Directed by | Hal Roach |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | H. M. Walker |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Release date(s) | 2 November 1919 |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Bumping Into Broadway is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1]
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[edit] Storyline
After some witty observations on the glamour of the Broadway scene the film tells the story of "The Girl" and "The Boy", she a chorus line girl and he a writer. They are both struggling to make it big and have trouble paying their rent in a boarding house run by a stern landlady with a simian toughguy bailiff character. The Girl is fired and The Boy tries to get to the Musical Director to pitch his play. After rejection and numerous antics The Boy wins big in gaming and ends up with The Girl.
[edit] Cast
- Harold Lloyd - The Boy
- Bebe Daniels - Actress
- Snub Pollard - Stage Manager
- Roy Brooks - (uncredited)
- Sammy Brooks - (uncredited)
- William Gillespie - Stage Door Johnnie (uncredited)
- Helen Gilmore - Landlady (uncredited)
- Mark Jones - Evicted Boarder (uncredited)
- Dee Lampton - (uncredited)
- Gus Leonard - Desperate Woman (uncredited)
- Gaylord Lloyd - (uncredited)
- Fred C. Newmeyer - (uncredited)
- Charles Stevenson - (uncredited)
- Noah Young - Bouncer (uncredited)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Bumping Into Broadway". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BumpingIntoBroadway1919.html. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
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