Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd has been called the cinemas first man in space He was a product of the film industry His comedy wasnt imported from Vaudeville or the British Music Hall like his contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton Harold learned to use the camera the way other comics used a bowler hat or a funny walk In 1917 he shed the comedic clown personas prevalent in comedy for hundreds of years and pioneered romantic comedy by the ordinary guy up on the screen a guy with faults and fears the boy next door With his young man in hornedrimmed glasses he created classic films