Grandma’s Boy
(1922) American
B&W : Five reels / 4841 feet
Directed by Fred Newmeyer

Cast: Harold Lloyd [the boy], Mildred Davis [the girl], Anna Townsend [the grandmother], Charles Stevenson [the bully], Noah Young [the sheriff], Dick Sutherland [the rolling stone], Gus Leonard, Wallace Howe, Sammy Brooks, William Gillespie

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production for Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Thomas J. Crizer, from a story by Hal Roach, Sam Taylor and Jean Havez + [Harold Lloyd]. Cinematography by Walter Lundin. Intertitles by H.M. Walker. Presented by Hal Roach. / © 27 April 1922 by Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated [LU17796]. Los Angeles premiere circa 20 May 1922. Released 3 September 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Reputedly Lloyd’s own favorite film. The film was rereleased in 1923 by Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated, through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive, in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, and in the National Film Archive of the British Film Institute film archive.

Keywords: Animals: Cats (Black) - Bullies - History: USA: American Civil War: 1861-1865 - Ice cream freezers - Medals - Officers - Soldiers - Superstitions: Black cats - Tramps

Listing updated: 2 January 2007.

References: Bardèche-History p. 292; Bohn-Light p. 372; Brownlow-Parade pp. 463, 464, 466; Dardis-Keaton pp. 96, 106; Everson-American p. 267; Fell-History p. 95; Kerr-Silent pp. 98, 112, 161, 191, 192, 197, 200, 202, 203; Lahue-World p. 131; Maltin-Guide p. 495; Reilly-Lloyd pp. xiv-xv, 4; Sherwood-Best pp. xvii, 9-13, 168; Sinyard-Silent p. 46; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy pp. 104, 441; Sweeney-Coming pp. 36, 39 : ClasIm-220 p. 43; Photoplay-192306 p. 9 : Website-AFI; Website-Lloyd.

Home Video: DVD.