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Just a mini-review
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Saw the complete film for the first time last night -- had only seen the climbing clip in HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY complilation film. It was the second Lloyd talkie, and the first to be planned as a talkie.
I was pleasantly surprised -- I didn't expect much before the climbing scene. I laughed out loud quite a few times. What struck me was that it felt like watching a silent film where the sound was secretly recorded. Lots of location footage (especially on the ocean liner), so it didn't feel like a claustrophobic studio-bound static early talkie. A non-Lloyd fan, or a non-old-film fan, probably wouldn't enjoy it, but I certainly did.
The dialogue seemed ad-libbed, though I'm sure it wasn't. It just seemed very natural and not too studied.
Now I"m not saying this was the funniest picture I ever saw, or better than Lloyd silent classics -- but it was interesting and not boring (to me). Maybe because my expectations were low.
Oh yea, the biggest surprise was a fart joke -- yes! a fart joke. You have to see (and hear) it to believe it!
https://youtu.be/RLVNnzzKojg?si=PkoJtqta9HvWrpoO&t=3855
