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Bumping Into Broadway TV-G 1919 25m Comedy List Reviews 58% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A struggling playwright pays a pretty thespian's rent.
- (5)
- Comedy
- TV-G
7 out of 9 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. This short had so much going for it and I really have few complaints at all. Harold is an up-and-coming writer--trying to write his first Broadway play.
Bumping Into Broadway: Directed by Hal Roach. With Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Helen Gilmore. Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house.
- (1.4K)
- Comedy, Short
- Hal Roach
- 1919-11-02
Bumping Into Broadway is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is notable as Lloyd's first two-reeler featuring his "glasses" character.
Recent reviews. A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
- (1.6K)
- Rolin Films
- Hal Roach
May 31, 2024 · Bumping Into Broadway is a classic silent comedy film from 1919, featuring the hilarious adventures of a small-town girl chasing her dreams on Broadway, filled with timeless humor and impressive stunts.
Mar 13, 2011 · Bumping into Broadway is most notable for being the very first two-reeler to feature Harold Lloyd's “Glasses” character. He had originated the character in 1917's Over the Fence. Up until this movie he had only done one-reel shorts with his soon to be world famous screen persona.
