Harold Lloyd - Interview (1965)

Social Security in Action:
Interview with actor Harold Lloyd on filmmaking.

[@sananto6896]

Just seems that people from the old days, like Harold and Buster Keaton, were a class act. Not cocky, not selfish, just genuine people.

[@AWOIYAH9five]

Hollywood

[@garolopez887]

Agreed !

[@jmason2838]

Hi there🤓.🌻✌️..all is just my humble opinion here .. Most 'celebs' are not that smart to begin with ,(even Truman Capote said that in a televised interview in the mid '60s..paraphrasing here..they can be good at their chosen craft , even getting awards for it , but as individuals , they are actually rather stupid..😆😂😆 there are exceptions ..James Woods a Great Example .. a certified genius📈 🧠) ..academically , common sense ,😤 morals ,ethics , knowing right from wrong... or other ways 🤑😤🤑- even before the advent of the internet ..always about themselves with an overabundance of a sense of entitlement - even during early Hollywood ..Mr. Lloyd ❤️on the contrary , while not perfect as a human , still was and always will be , better than most ..❤️A very Giving and Caring Man ... Today the internet just makes the selfishness, total lack of any self - control , arrogance , self serving wants .at the expense of others ... so much worse ..so sad .. thinking the Country's Laws 🇺🇸don't apply to them... even getting away with literal murder⚰️.. The LOVE Of Money🤑💰🤑❤️🤑💰❤️🤑❤️💲💳💲💳🤑 - above ALL else - is indeed the Root Of ALL evil..👺💩👺 ... God will correct this inbalance - One Sweet Day - come the Day Of Final Judgement .⚖️⚖️⚖️.. yet to occur.... 🙁☁️ 📯⚡ ⚡🌠🎬🎥...🔮...🍀✝️☯️🛐

[@January.]

@@AWOIYAH9five The United States of America

[@isrulius]

The internet has ruined us

[@robertatkinson2143]

As a kid in the 80s these were my favourite things to watch.

[@sharronmartin5048]

Me too. 😊

[@stevenlord782]

& me. ❤

[@rogerfournier3284]

Immense respect for his career, candor, and intelligence.

[@dps8435]

Fell in love with his comedy 40 years ago,the guy was a genius,& from this clip a true gentleman.

[@mountainbliss4u]

there will never be another Harold.

[@jrsmith1998]

Mermaid Dreams false. There are many racist pieces of shit just like Harold

[@mistermax3034]

@@jrsmith1998 huh?

[@hungryharvey6309]

How about buster keaton

[@hungryharvey6309]

@@jrsmith1998 everyone was back then, that was normal, obviously we look back and see them as peices of shit, but that was how everyone was at that time

[@jmason2838]

@@jrsmith1998Hi there🙂🌻✌️.. That statement demands hard , documented **evidence** ... otherwise it is slander .. did you not listen to His own words ? The Shriners gave help to **everyone** .. regardless of color or financial means..I Strongly suggest to get the waxplugs out of your ears👂👀👍👍🍀☕

[@lake.fraser]

He looks like a charming person to spend time with, his smile was as lovely as when it looked in 1920-30

[@akumar7366]

A remarkable man ,so interesting and well spoken .

[@jasonbeard4713]

Absolutely. This is wonderful to see. I greatly admire Lloyd's work.

[@Logan_Elkins]

Yes. Ironically on the spoken part. (Sorry I had too 😂)

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

They used re run his stuff here in the UK in the late 80s when i was little kid. I remember being amazed by his stuff. Still am tbh. Amazing !!

[@mmk3865]

Yes, I remember watching them in the 80s as a kid.

[@dps8435]

On bbc2, that's when I discovered him,what a hidden gem he was,and what an acrobat.

[@sharronmartin5048]

Same here! I *LOVED* watching Harold Lloyd on the TV after school. We watched it around teatime, if memory serves correct. There was something so innocent about him. Pure joy for the whole family! ❤

[@dps8435]

@@sharronmartin5048 now all we get is drag artists and Alan yentob making shows nobody wants to watch,unlike real stars like Harold.

[@michalinaokrent6672]

@sharronmartin5048 Just recently I watched some of his movies (again) and kept thinking what wonderful innocent smile he had in the scenes where he ended up winning his love interest or even when he suddenly found a cat... and I thought I somehow knew the smile but couldn't think how or why. I didn't know any men who"d look anything like him. Then I suddenly realized that he reminded me of my grandma, that was her smile. She was a person of great integrity, extremely compassionate, and very innocent until her death. Very sensitive and emotional but strong at the same time. Good to the core. When I realized Harold's smile reminded me of her, I wondered if they shared the personality traits. Maybe I'll read his biography eventually

[@alwaysblake148]

A classy articulate gentleman who happened to be a cinematic genius.

[@rongendron8705]

It's amazing how Harold Lloyd went from making $5.00 a day shooting short comedy films to becoming a multi-millionaire! Only in America! R.I.P. Harold! You were a great man & actor!

[@mf-cv4ve]

He sure derserved all of it! ❤❤

[@tomvecchione3475]

Wonderful comedian and a total gentleman. Still watch his films. Always remembered and love to you Harold

[@ronwharton086]

I watched his films with my grandmother. I'm 52 now and his films taken me back to being in her arms .

[@mf-cv4ve]

My grandmother taught me everything I knew about old movies be it Hollywood or French, I feel so fortunate. These were the best moments of my life ❤

[@garylowery6216]

I still love when I get to see one of his movies he still makes me laugh. Thank You Harold for great movie that has entertained so many through the years R.I.P. Mr. Harold Lloyd you where one of the funnest.

[@sjahien]

It's a shame that only 644 have seen this video. Great comedian H.L. Thanks for sharing

[@ismaelmerk7042]

His work really is timeless. Actually it is very relevant today.

[@mkii1964]

20K now....

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

It is KZbin. People will find this gem sooner or later. That's the marvel of KZbin.

[@kbunky69]

Update , you be glad to know over 60,000 people have no watched this video Nov 23 2024 and will only grow more .

[@robkunkel8833]

0.35 “ The golden age of comedy ran from about 1912 to 1932.” A bold statement. This host, Lon Morris, had a a better stage presence on the air than most reporters of any era. Was this interview part of a WPA program initiative? A real gem. Thanks.

[@ansias77]

Timeless. The best comedian ever in my opinion.

[@Riogi]

I agree with you, Ansias.

[@Logan_Elkins]

The GOAT of comedy

[@zms8092]

I found a bunch of Harold Lloyd films on HBO MAX tonight and binged some including Safety First! which was really entertaining. Hollywood legend!

[@cet6237]

This cat absolutely puts ALL of the other guys to shame. I think Harold Lloyd is the all time greatest ever!!!!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

A legend.

[@Riogi]

I agree. He was the best.

[@ll4680]

I agree. been watching a lot of silent films lately between chaplin and keaton and Lloyd. Lloyd is the best to me.

[@tom7471]

What a great interview. Harold Loyd was such an interesting and engaging human!

[@Lampshade51]

I have never seen Harold Lloyd recorded on videotape before. Crystal clear sound and picture. From silent films to videotape!

[@BennyTygohome]

Quite an impressive person. Great interview, although short. I enjoyed it all.

[@rangerdave1973]

My mom introduced me to Mr. Lloyd when I was little and PBS played his movies on the weekend

[@sallythomas8599]

What a wonderful gentleman. First time I have heard him speak.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

I have over the last week or so watched quite a few of his talking movies here on KZbin and they are very good indeed. Check them out. I like them better than Saftey Last actualy.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

An excellent absorbing interview,Harold was not only a talented man in front of the camera but also behind the camera, planning scenes,plots,angles and in this interview being given the utmost respect by the host 💎

[@RDX1981]

Great interview , looks like a nice gentleman ... a great storyteller

[@maxboonkittypoison]

It is an honor watching him. Thanks filmSCHOOLarchive.

[@scotnick59]

Amen

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

What a great person. Interesting that this program was done by the bureau of social security. I guess they had to invest talkshows back then. But anyway. Thanks for the upload. Learned a lot about Harald Lloyd.

[@sharati6419]

The art of comedy has changed so much over so many decades.

[@kenf5189]

One of the bests of all time! Check out his movies doing all the stunts no doubles. Not like the prima donnas of today. These never get old.

[@dboboc]

He was careful the way he answered the questions about doing the stunts. He wasn’t in any danger in Safety Last. The clock face was a facade built on a roof across the street at an angle to appear he was hanging from a real building.

[@MrAEMiller]

Bill S him room mate in Safety Last does the long shot human fly stuff. Harold's story of hiring him is as it was... Harold does the close ups and mid shots. He lost three fingers once picking up a prop bomb so had a half prosthetic glove which he is actually using in Safety Last

[@Joy61720]

My parents lived near the Shriner’s hospital in Boston. They’re still doing research and treatment for burns. I didn’t know Harold Lloyd had anything to do with them. Interesting.

[@thomasclark8242]

Lovely to see this. A genius.

[@JLNeis]

A TRUE GENIUS, GREAT ACTOR AND MOVIE MAKER I HEARD AND FEEL HE WAS TRULY A GREAT GUY AND FAMILY MAN. WISH I WAS AROUND TO MEET HIM.

[@brianbasnett7242]

He was absolutely the very best! 🙂

[@janedoe5229]

Such a great interviewer: really drew Harold Lloyd out and we learned so much. :)

[@MrPoetnscribe]

You have to be smart to be funny, and he was hilarious! What a gift and what an occupation, to pull people out of their dreary, mundane lives and make them laugh and for a little while not have a worry in the world.

[@Watfordherts1971]

I used to come home from school in London on a Friday and his movies were on bbc2 never forget those days , this man was a genius

[@Bugster987]

Same here 👍

[@peteronoel]

Harold LLoyd forever!!!!!!!

[@Riogi]

I love Harold Lloyd and his films.

[@johnstewart9745]

He was a great actor ,such a good man 🇬🇧

[@jonathangems]

What a wonderful man. Incredibly talented, ferociously hard-working, a great movie pioneer and yet so modest and self-effacing. Such a gentleman! His was a generation far superior to our own. I wish they could come back and teach us how to live.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

A great interview from the year I was born. The look of it is so old timey it makes me feel ancient. I like his talking movies best. The verbal comedy just adds to the whole effect. The visual gags are still used like in his silent era so it is a win win.

[@kedo1500]

A common sense, kind human being, thank you Mr loydd

[@drsssssssss]

Thank you for this.

[@davidbencomo6747]

This is why everything now isn’t bad… to be able to see this is great

[@wendymason5493]

What a guy,he was FECKING gorgeous when he was young,if I was around then he'd be in trouble,or I'd be locked up,well both really,cor I'd ruin him😆

[@charlesedwards4160]

Hera Lloyd was a true gentleman. When I was a child I grew up watching Harold Lloyd. I kept calling him Hera Lloyd as I child and that's stuck with me. God bless you Hera Lloyd.

[@purpledancer8255]

any particular reason for that name? just curious, though ^^

[@charlesedwards4160]

@@purpledancer8255 Did you not read my comment?

[@purpledancer8255]

@@charlesedwards4160 as a matter of fact, I did. But I assumed there had been a different reason for u to call him Hera besides you simply being a child.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

What a gentleman! He’s so fantastically articulate considering he’s known for silent comedy! What a thing it would’ve been to share a dinner with him. I would have braved more personal questions of Harold. I can see here in the interview that he makes an effort to hide his right hand. In what way did his damaged right hand complicate filming AND his personal life? Was comedy based on pain...or is this urban myth? Somehow I suspect he would know.

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

What happened to his hand?

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

@@thankyouforyourcompliance7386 Lloyd was holding an explosive prop when it went off. It blew off a few fingers but I can’t remember which. He had a prosthetic hand cover made which served him well in film and amazingly, his acrobatic stunts. It’s difficult but once you know, you can see it’s odd movement.

[@January.]

@@christopherp.hitchens3902 *the odd movement.

[@January.]

@@thankyouforyourcompliance7386 Wikipedia is an informative resource.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

@@January. - He blew off some fingers when handling a prop bomb. He has a prosthesis made which made it appear normal but he must’ve struggled with this during stunts. I’m trying to imagine how he hung off a building clock with one fake hand! Amazing!

[@cookecodd158]

Great interview, thanks

[@speakingtruthuntopower138]

That’s amazing 😉 I’m in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and 73 Years Old Don’t remember the silent movies , of course , but my mum and dad had many a wonderful Laughs At Mr Harold Lloyd WONDROUSLY FUNNY 😂 THATS ALL FOLK’s Geoffrey Stansfield Rosebery Family Hotel NE2 1ET uk 🇬🇧 God BlessAll

[@michaellavery4899]

@@FD_and_B Thanks.

[@8964Louis]

@@FD_and_B what's your problem

[@BishopWalters12]

My favorite from the silent era.

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr Sunrise.. April 20th 1893.. SunSet.. March 8th 1971.. In Swahili.. Asante Sana.. ( Thank You - Very Much )..

[@iicjguitar0416]

51 years ago!

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Interesting video and that the interviewer was from the Social Security Administration.

[@alexanderg1297]

Lloyd deserves more credit.

[@WillScarlet1991]

Great interview. Thanks :)

[@TheStevoth]

What a down to earth man. Interesting to learn about process or green screen as we know it now. Modern hollywood actors don't know how easy they have it now. They should take a leaf out of Harold Lloyds book.

[@EvilscooterKitty]

Love Harold always!

[@joanna62]

Well educated and well spoken...a class act all the way!

[@January.]

You didn't notice his misuse of "hardly" and "there was" before a plural noun.

[@christerstabis3187]

This interview was made the year when I was born. It was interesting to see him in an interview (hearing him talking too). I remember enjoying his movies when I was a kid, along with Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and of course Stanley and Hardy. He was truly amazing in his stunts. He did many dangerous stunts on his own. Not just dangerous ones high up.

[@SuperShori]

he was a great star RIP

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Those are huge photographs they were holding. I love how they talk at that time, besides that, they have a classy voice they are respectable too.

[@dennisdivine7448]

Unlike Roscoe Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin all got to live to respectably-old ages, and in doing so, they were all able to help tell their own narratives and set their legacies for posterity.

[@kalimanbuda6501]

Lest's all bow down to one of the 3 leaders in clasical comedy..harold lloyd , charlie chaplin , and buster keaton...waooo...!!!

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

Yet as Buster Keaton said at Stan Laurel's funeral that Stan was the best... they were all incredible

[@danieldemarchi1935]

Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges. Later, Benny Hill and Mr. Bean.

[@garryferrington811]

The Social Security dept?! His Shrine charities: we need more people like him.

[@itravisoni]

In 1912 it was more visual because they were silent films as everyone knows.

[@AndyDoddFilm]

My hero.

[@mus139]

I love this guy.

[@grandadgamer8390]

Amazing man.

[@enviousfred]

Stan and Ollie, Harold my heroes as a kid. I never knew about his philanthropy, I need to get his auto/biography.

[@jrsmith1998]

Envious Fred he was a racist piece of shit. Fuck him

[@mistermax3034]

@@jrsmith1998 shut up

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

@@jrsmith1998 💤😴

[@Patrick-g6f]

For someone whose reputation rests on being a great silent comedian remarkably articulate ans also very genial and obviously highly intelligent.

[@charlesedwards4160]

Hera Lloyd. What a character.

[@paullandry8181]

A Hero in his films and a Hero in Real Life! Today's Hollywood could learn plenty from the likes Mr. Lloyd.

[@scottlin7876]

A buddy turned me on to H.L. in the mid 1970's on P.B.S. I use to babysit and watched this late at night.

[@Cherryberrygirl89]

I was in high school when I discovered Harold on late night TCM. 2007

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

I only discovered Harold back in December 2020

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

Was it a show called "Hooray For Harold Loyd"?

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

I wonder what he thought of The Party with Peter Sellers. I just saw Harold's movie called Movie Crazy. If that was not the inspiration for The Party I'll eat my hat. The stories were so similar it can't be a coincidence

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

What a lovely man!

[@uranus8182]

His film career is even more outstanding than that of his biological brother who is 2 years older.

[@AbhNormal]

When Harold Lloyd was talking about comedy slowly morphing from slapstick/visual in the 1920's to more dialogue-based, it makes me wonder whether modern-day comedy is morphing from dialogue and quips to something more visual based, as seen in things like memes. The 1920's was also the height of the surrealist Dada art movement, and I've always seen memes as neo-Dadaist in nature; maybe this is why I find both Chaplin pictures as well as modern-day memes equally hilarious.

[@christoph404]

Harold Lloyd lost his thumb and index finger of his right hand in 1919 due to a prop bomb exploding in his hand..... after that in all his movies he wore a flesh coloured glove on his right hand with prosthetic thumb and finger, it was amazing how he could hold onto things and do all those stunts.

[@chuckjones8459]

Unbelievable ......astounding

[@randallstewart1224]

An aspect of life for the silent film greats like LLoyd almost never discussed is how they faired financially over the years. Many early silent stars didn't get paid much, and many couldn’t or chose not to make the transition to talkies in the early 1930s. Many made a lot of money for the time, and with little to no income tax, they kept almost all of it. LLoyd is probably the financial success story. He quit movies as the talkies came in, but he owned his own studio for most of his film production. He built a fabulous mansion larger than a modern museum on 40+ acres in the middle of Beverly Hills at a time when that location was nothing special, becoming wealthy in his retirement. Mary Pickford did the same thing on a smaller scale. The counterpoint was Buster Keaton, who earned similar income in the same era, but squandered most of it on lifestyle and ended up nearly destitute at the end of his life.

[@JohnBarrylizard]

Thoughtful and intelligent gentleman.

[@dilligaf700]

He was brilliant I always watched him amd buster keaton,Chaplin.there was a fat lad to but can't remember the name. All was genius at the time.

[@Kaputnik11]

Fatty arbuckle?

[@jmason2838]

Roscoe Arbuckle. Not a murderer... was found innocent ..but career was ruined.. unjust ..🌠✝️☯️🛐

[@eemilsalms5092]

I was born in 2005 and Safety Last was very important to me.

[@uranus8182]

Harold once warned Buster When he was young about staying in a big company for a long time but Buster could never find the problem. This makes me think that Harold is a good actor who is willing to help people.

[@sean864]

Sad they didn't show this on tv when I was a kid, would have loved it. Only remember watching laurel and hardy.

[@eddieibarra356]

By 1965 Harrold Lloyd Was Already 72 And Have Been Making Films For Nearly 50 Years Harrold Lloyd Will Die 6 Years After This Interview Was Made On March 8,1971 At The Age Of 77 From Prostate Cancer.

[@davemckolanis4683]

God Bless You Harold. I've Been Donating To The Shriners With An Automatic Checking Deduction Myself. Terriffic Work For Children With Disabilities...

[@johnjones-henderson3249]

What a lovely genuine guy harold loyd was speaks so well great funny comedian if he was alive know he could be lord harold great title a true great from the golden era rip harold your memory will always live on god bless

[@Voxac100b]

What a nice man

[@neilbeeston268]

The guy was a genius

[@philip2595]

Difficult to not like this chap

[@LillyU333]

Genius.

[@josepinon8298]

Underrated comedian, much better than the overrated Chaplin.

[@jasonwindsor9607]

Sorry for asking, but I genuinely don’t know as I’m from the UK. Who is the interviewer? I’ve had a Quick Look on line and Lon Morris turns out to be the name of a Collage in Texas affiliated to a Church. It was a show running for 10 years and has a totally useless IMDb page with no information. Anyone have any idea? It’s a brilliant interview, genuinely wonderful… I can see shades of Harold in a UK comedian called Norman Wisdom in his manor and outlook on life as Norman also had a very giving attitude.

[@ersamratb2886]

Brave🙏😍❤️

[@victormurori4367]

Like how soft spoken old school actors were

[@georgebutcher6320]

👓 Of Comedy With No Stunt Doubles .

[@davidteller7681]

I've heard Harold permanently injured his right hand while filming. I noticed here everything was done with his left hand

[@checharus1]

Notice he does not use his rigjt arm, only left to grab the pictures, because of the accident

[@samanhmz7889]

R.I.P

[@TreeFreak]

Just think, moden dancers are still "discovering" his dance moves.

[@Dreamskater100]

Thank you Film School Archive for this. Are there any interviews when he was young?

[@EvilScooterKitty-zq5wv]

None that we can find, sadly.

[@meenakhadka2403]

real comedy is recognized without laughing sound track