Girl Shy

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Girl Shy

Directed by	Fred C. Newmeyer Sam Taylor
Produced by	Harold Lloyd Suzanne Lloyd Hayes (video release) Jeffrey Vance (video release)
Written by	Thomas J. Gray (titles) Sam Taylor (story) Tim Whelan (story) Ted Wilde (story)
Starring	Harold Lloyd Jobyna Ralston
Music by	Don Hulette (1974) Don Peake (1974 - additional music) Robert Israel (2002)
Cinematography	Walter Lundin
Editing by	Allen McNeil
Release date(s)	April 20, 1924 (USA)
Running time	82/80 min
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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Girl Shy is a 1924 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. The movie was written by Thomas Gray and Sam Taylor. It was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor.

1 Synopsis
2 Production
3 Cast
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The plot concerns a painfully shy young bachelor who falls in love with a rich girl who is already engaged to another man.

[edit] Production

This was Lloyd's first independent production after his split with Hal Roach. It is what Lloyd called a "character story" (as opposed to a "gag film"), and is notable for containing fewer of the stunts which characterize Lloyd's other films throughout most of its length, and instead focusing more on the relationship between Lloyd and the girl he falls in love with. However, the lengthy finale of the film is one of the most exhilarating, non-stop action sequences of Lloyd's career. Some of the traveling shots with horses had a strong influence on MGM's Ben Hur the following year, and the famous final scene at the chapel had a stronger influence almost 60 years later in another MGM classic The Graduate.