Why Worry?
(1923) American
B&W : Six reels / 5500 feet
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

Cast: Harold Lloyd [Harold Van Pelham], Jobyna Ralston [the nurse], Johan Aasen (John Aasen) [Colosso], Wallace Howe [Mr. Pipps], James Mason [Jim Blake], Leo White [Herculeo], Gaylord Lloyd, Mark Jones; Charles Stevenson, Lee Phelps, William Gillespie, Sam Lufkin

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathépicture, Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Sam Taylor, assisted by Ted Wilde and Tim Whelan, from a story by Sam Taylor. Assistant director Robert A. Golden. Cinematography by Walter Lundin. Titles (intertitles) by H.M. Walker. Edited by T.J. Crizer (Thomas J. Crizer). Presented by Hal Roach. / © 11 August 1923 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU19294]. New York premiere 2 September 1923. General release 16 September 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Ralston’s first film with Lloyd. Lloyd’s last film for Roach.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.6343.

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

Keywords: Cannons - Giants - Hypochondriacs - Jails - Medical: Nurses, Toothaches - Prisons - Revolutions - Ships - South America - Transportation: Cruise ships

Listing updated: 25 June 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.6343; Brownlow-Parade p. 578; Fell-History p. 95; FilmDaily-1926 p. 7; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 196, 203, 204-206; Lahue-World p. 174b; Reilly-Lloyd pp. xiv-xv, 4, 10; Shipman-Cinema p. 80; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy pp. 121, 201; Sweeney-Coming p. 62 : Website-Lloyd.

Home Video: DVD.