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Now or Never
(1921) American
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Hal Roach

Cast: Harold Lloyd [the boy], Mildred Davis [the girl], Anna Mae Bilson [the child]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. / Released 5 May 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Lloyd’s first three-reel film. The film was released in Japan on 30 December 1922. The film was released in Finland on 11 November 1923. The film was rereleased in the USA in 1923 by Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated, through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive, and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; a print of the film may exist in the Fundacion Cinematica Argentina film archive under the title For the Love of Jenny.

Keywords: Children

Listing updated: 2 January 2007.

References: Lahue-World p. 131; Reilly-Lloyd p. 4; Shipman-Cinema p. 72; Sweeney-Coming p. 33 : Photoplay-192306 p. 9 : Website-IMDb; Website-Lloyd.

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