For Heaven's Sake (1926 film)

For Heaven's Sake

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Directed by Sam Taylor
Produced by Harold Lloyd
Starring Harold Lloyd
Jobyna Ralston
Noah Young
Jim Mason (as James Mason)
Paul Weigel
Cinematography Walter Lundin
Edited by Allen McNeil
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • April 1, 1926 (U.S.)[1]
Running time
 58 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles

For Heaven's Sake is a 1926 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. Commercially, it was one of Lloyd's most successful films and the 12th highest-grossing film of the silent era, pulling in $2,600,000.

Plot

J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who accidentally finds himself in the poor part of town one day.

There, he unknowingly gives a man enough money to start a religious mission. Once he hears that a mission was started in his name, he goes there to tell them to take his name off since (as he believes) he didn't have anything to do with it. Once there, however, he falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston), who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) rebuilt mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causing trouble, and winds up with a crowd chasing him right into the mission. He eventually wins the girl and they marry, but not without some interference from his high-brow friends.

Production

In the late 1920s, Lloyd alternated between making what he called "gag pictures" and "character pictures". This was a "gag picture".

This was the first Lloyd film distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was a difficult production for Lloyd and his film company. Numerous scenes were filmed and later cut from the released version. Some of the cut elements, especially an underworld theme, were incorporated into Lloyd's 1928 film Speedy. Lloyd was somewhat disappointed in the final product, and considered shelving the picture. However, it grossed over 2 million dollars upon release.

References

  1. ↑ Announcement of the world premiere in the Spokane Daily Chronicle of March 31, 1926

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