Show I LLOYD B E KS i A ll EGO OS Alhambra Cro Crowds Entertained By Br New Entertained Comedy CAST The Tiro Poor Boy Harold Lloyd The Rich Girl Jobyna Ralston The Poor Man Afan Carlton I Directors Fred red and nd Sam To Taylor Tailor lor Length Lo Length n nn 8 t h 2 n 60 feet It If peals of laughter and a that lasts long Fong after they h have Nava 0 lert Iott alto tho theatre marks a II real comedy surely surety put It U of over r or on nn nil all previous ious lous successes In Girl Shy Sh which opened at the Alhambra And permanently established hed him aol Relf in the iho hearts of the tho goblin pUblio liS as asking asking king of or screen comedians One mil may honestly be accused of o I triteness Ss when ho declares datives that Lloyds Lloyd's comedies ore are funny tunny They Thoy come coma and they goat nt go at too Infrequent In- In In Intervals tenets ten als to be bo sure cure sure and the Inter Inter- Intervening periods whet het a l public ap- ap ap appetite petite that needs no sharpening Girl Shy which was made un under der the tho title of The The Girl Ctrl Expert I 1 is fa Mr Lloyds Lloyd's latest accomplish accomplishment ment Just Just what whet an e ary achievement it larmay IS is i may be bo appreciated atod When hen a hen it Is realized that this production outranks In co comedy dY and d I I value inI I bespectacled comedian has ever done One begins with modestI modest chuckles It would never do to l I howl at nt the tarL tart as Lloyd and his coworkers coworker quite gaffe evidently real real- realIze realize ize The first fir t root reel therefore places one In the proper mood and physical condition for tor the sub subsequent so- so quent quest spasms of ot mirth Lloyd Llod Is fa Introduced as a tailors tailor's apprentice but no tailor s apprentice apprentice tice lice e ever eer er went sent through the esca esca- escapades escapades and adventures which lead up to our comical hero i emancipation tion from needle and thread The I title tells us Ull that he Is la coy and abashed when hen In the presence of tho iho opposite se sav se Then the reason I becomes appal cat Ira Ite and he ha keeps it up uD unto the end I And oh how he ho can stutter It ItIs Itis Is fa painfully ludicrous and one be- be begIns begins be begins gins to s with nth him to such an et extent nt that stuttering afflicts af nt- nt the he spectator a as v well ell as the comedian The youth s uncle nu portra e bv Dv Richard Rickard DanIels carries a a whistle ro tor oc ju t ju-t t tsuch such emergencies And by thea the nay a characterize Girl ShY throughout From the Introductory tailor shop sequence Iho the piece mo moves moe e to Lloyds Lloyd's attic sanctum Here un- un under un under der the dimly dimis buining midnight oil be perrol his s work wort Yes Yea he s a an author authOl an and like Ilke most bud bud- budding bud budding ding he picks on the tho one sUbject from v which In temperament tempera tempera- temperament temperament ment and experience he bo is most remo removed ed edThe The subject may be readily Imag Imag- ImagIned Imagined Imagined ined Llo Lloyd Llod d his hrs title page p com com- completed plated and probably ha having hating InK heard h ard st at some time lime or another soother that anonymity an- an anon on makes for tor zestful inscrIbes it ft By B one who knows s and I known and knows known kno 8 I Two Tao chapters of tho iho I Work ork are arc described with Ith sequence which bleh In themselves es are ly ly Iy funn funny tunny His fancied experience as ae a breaker of oI feminine hears bears are oro with effectual ns as the lover cover of a rabid vamp a ai de tte bru- bru brutal brutal bru brutal tal caveman 1 lover later er of an equally rabid flapper Happily sappily he doesn't stutter In print I His real adventures ad when ho h boards a train for the elt I Where here ho he Is 15 to submit his manu manu- manuscript manuscript script to ome fortunate publisher A small sample of so sots sate a the and comic bell by 11 In mo- mo motion motion mo motion tion which starts oft ort with the tho train Jobyna Ralston owns the exceedingly embryo dog and Lloyds Lloyd's heroism brings together a happy trio of dog man and maId Dog biscuits and a popcorn con con- con confection faction enter into the situation and both become sentimental treasures during the days that folio follow For several laughable reels tho story moves through the tho publish publish- publisher's publisher's ers er's office a city park and final final- finally finally ly Iy back baek to the iho tailor shop All this time limo the Ih plot has been build build- buildIng building ing up Several climaxes hate ha come and gone Bona and now the sum sum- summit summit mit of development arrives Lloyd returns to th the city and elect he ho returns with a bang The process Is not merely funn funny tunny It Is fe Isone Isone one long Indescribable shriek Vir Virtually every evert conveyance known to mankind Is drafted dratted stolen borrow borrow- borrowed ed d or 01 commandeered for service It ItIs ItIs Is lathe the most moat mirthful ride tho the screen hoe has ever ev r seen and the he only way you vou will wilt ever know that It run tuna through more than Shan 2000 foot feet of film will be to measure the film a yardstick And after arter youve you've laughed through these last two r crate els your capacity for tor or doing any any- anything any anything thing lhing much less measuring strips of celluloid will be doubtful Girl Shy Is founded upon moro maro story and fewer gag i gag than most comedies Including even ea those of the Harold Lloyd Llod brand brond It Jt was written by Sam Taylor aylor Tod Ted and Tim Whalon The Tho first drat named also served as ns co director co-director with Ith Fred Frad alone the talc tAlo would be unusually humorous with lIh Lloyd it IC becomes something that Words cannot adequately describe The titles by Th Thomas J davare I a ore are In keeping with Ith the piece Qt Atone t one point only do they the toms como with Ith a frequency frequency which becomes monotonous monotonous onous This Is fa at tho the very scry ery begin beginning Wing ning of the picture when hen rou tour sub sub- subtitles sub subtitles titles follow rollow In rapid lapid I succession They aro good titles but lout halt half ns as asgood asgood good as s the man who dominates the iho picture Either one ono or two of them should bo Ae eliminated or they should bo be broken up by having Ing the opening bel between them This would advance the tho chuckle chucked by several dozen feet reet cot But the real reason for separating this thle Quartet of or subtitles zooid would bo be to o get tet tho iho production oft off to an start and remove remo some somo of the drag drag e which crops trope up In ono one or two places As Aa tor for tho the first brat out out- outburst out outburst burst buret of or what mIrth mirth what matters ono mere mero laugh in a Lloyd comedy 0 The best beet comedy in I the thc world however cannot run tun along lIOng at great length and still be consistently run tun- runny tunny tun tunny ny The authors realizing Interjected a bit of o pathos which emphaticallY heightens the whole bole |