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Girl Shy
(1924) American
B&W : Eight reels / 7457 feet
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

Cast: Harold Lloyd [the poor boy], Jobyna Ralston [the rich girl], Richard Daniels [the poor man], Carlton Griffin [the rich man], Julian Rivero, Gus Leonard, Charles Stevenson, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Priscilla King, Dorothy Dorr

The Harold Lloyd Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Sam Taylor, from a screen story by Sam Taylor, Ted Wilde and Tim Whelan. Cinematography by Walter Lundin and Henry Kohler. Intertitles by Tommy Gray. / © 12 March 1924 by The Harold Lloyd Corporation [LU19987]. Trade screening, 28 March 1924 in New York, New York. Released 20 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Birds: Chickens - Chases - Ditches - Grocery stores - Transportation: Automobiles, Motorcycles, Streetcars, Trains, Trolleys (Electric) - Weddings - Workmen: Ditch diggers

Listing updated: 17 September 2008.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 471; FilmDaily-1926 p. 7; Kerr-Silent pp. 192, 198, 202; Maltin-Guide p. 475; Reilly-Lloyd pp. xiv-xv, 4, 10; Shipman-Cinema p. 84; Sweeney-Coming p. 75 : Website-AFI; Website-Lloyd.

Home video: DVD.