For Heaven's Sake (1926)
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- Synopsis:
- The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Harold Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Jobyna Ralston) who works in Brother Paul's (Paul Weigel) mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causing trouble, and winds up with a crowd chasing him right into the mission. He eventually wins the girl and they marry, but not without some interference from his high-brow friends.
- Actors:
- Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason, Paul Weigel, Hal Craig, Richard Daniels, Robert Dudley, Ruth Feldman, Francis Gaspart, Jack Herrick, Jackie Levine, Andy MacLennan, Earl Mohan, Oscar Morgan, Steve Murphy, Blanche Payson, Constantine Romanoff, Dick Rush, Oscar Smith
- Directors:
- Sam Taylor
- Producers:
- Jeffrey Vance, Harold Lloyd
- Writers:
- Ted Wilde, John Grey, Clyde Bruckman, Ralph Spence
- Aka:
- For Heaven Sake
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Comedy, Romance
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Reviews (1) of For Heaven's Sake
Lloyd Silent - For Heaven's Sake review by Steve
A major strength of the Harold Lloyd silent comedies is the stunts and visual gags are usually pulled together into an enjoyable narrative. And this starts out that way, with the star playing a complacent super-rich fop who strays onto the wrong side of town.
And he falls in love with the adorable Jobyna Ralston who runs a Christian mission for the poor. To get near her, he helps with their effort to bring the criminal class closer to the bible. Unfortunately director Sam Taylor and his team of writers use up all the plot inside 30 minutes….
What might have been a classic short, is inflated with a sequence of stunts to bring it- barely- up to feature length. Which is fine, but the story is lost and Jobyna disappears. Until then it’s engaging to see a pro-New Deal comedy more typical of the ‘30s, as the wealthy and the left behind find common cause.
And it’s apparent that Harold is not just playing the go-getter enthusiast of his usual comic persona; he creates a character. This isn’t the great comedian at his absolute best, yet it’s interesting to see the comical take on social issues. And the knockabout action is still madcap fun.