THE KID BROTHER is Harold Lloyd's finest film and one of the most underrated silent comedies ever made. Shot partly on California's Catalina Island, this gorgeously photographed movie pits Lloyd's familiar bespectacled wimp against fire, water, scorn, bullies, thieves, and a manic monkey.
The most prominent family in the backwoods town of Hickoryville, the Hickory clan consists of Jim (Walter James), his two older sons, Leo (Leo Willis) and Olin (Olin Francis), and Harold (Harold Lloyd), their kid brother. Harold is a puny lad who has been forced by the bullying of his brawny
brothers and by the pressures of his endless household responsibilities to develop spec...
Released:
1927
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins