Hot Water (1924 film)
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer Sam Taylor |
| Written by | Thomas J. Gray Sam Taylor Tim Whelan John Grey |
| Produced by | Harold Lloyd |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Jobyna Ralston |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 60 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Box office | $1,350,000[1] |
Hot Water is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor and starring Harold Lloyd.
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, it features three episodes in the life of Hubby (Lloyd) as he struggles with domestic life with Wifey (Jobyna Ralston) and his in-laws.
Plot
Episodic in nature (effectively three short films merged into one), the first episode features Hubby winning a live turkey in a raffle and taking it home on a crowded streetcar, much to the chagrin of the other passengers. The second features Hubby grudgingly taking the family en masse out on his brand new Butterfly Six automobile, and the third is an escapade with his sleepwalking mother-in-law.
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as Hubby
- Jobyna Ralston as Wifey
- Josephine Crowell as Her Mother, Winnifred Ward Stokes
- Charles Stevenson as Her Big Brother, Charley Stokes
- Mickey McBan as Her Little Brother, Bobby Stokes
- Evelyn Burns as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Andy De Villa as Glen Reed (uncredited)
- Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- Pat Harmon as Bus Straphanger in Spider Gag (uncredited)
- Fred Holmes as Man (uncredited)
- Billy Rinaldi as Brunette Boy on Trolley (uncredited)
- George Ward as Blonde Boy on Trolley (uncredited)
- S.D. Wilcox as Gene Kornman (uncredited)
Production
The film is a light comedy with minimal character development, and followed Lloyd’s early 1920s pattern of alternating what he called “gag pictures” with “character pictures”. Some distributors had complained about the length of his previous elaborate feature Girl Shy, and Hot Water was the response. Its storyline was also interesting as a unique departure from most of Lloyd’s 1920s features, because his character was married with a family, and was not striving for success, recognition, or romance. It was popular at the box office and grossed $1,350,000, an excellent return for a film of the period. The fictional "Butterfly Six" was in reality a 1923 Chevrolet Superior Sedan.
Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
In 1962, the "live turkey" and "Butterfly Six automobile" sequences were included in a compilation film produced by Harold Lloyd himself entitled Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and created a renewal of interest in the comedian by introducing him to a whole new generation.
References
External links
- Hot Water at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Hot Water at the TCM Movie Database
- Hot Water at Rotten Tomatoes
- Stills as silenthollywood.com