''The Non-Stop Kid'' is a 1918 American
short comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
featuring
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influent ...
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Plot
Bebe plays a pretty young thing with several suitors, including Harold, competing to win her affections.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influent ...
as Harold
* Snub Pollard
Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s.
Career
Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 No ...
as Snub, the butler (as Harry Pollard)
* Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" () Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals s ...
as Miss Wiggle
* William Blaisdell as Bebe's father
* Sammy Brooks
Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* '' Luke, the Candy Cut-Up'' ...
as Short bearded man
* Billy Fay as Prof. Fay
* William Gillespie (unconfirmed)
* Lew Harvey
Lew Harvey (October 6, 1887 – December 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1918 and 1950. He was born in Wisconsin, educated in Portland, Oregon, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected f ...
(unconfirmed)
* Bud Jamison
William Edward "Bud" Jamison (February 15, 1894 – September 30, 1944)Okuda, Ted, and Edward Watz. 1999. The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-reel Hollywood Film Comedies 1933–1958'. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. . was an American film actor. ...
(unconfirmed)
* Margaret Joslin
Margaret Joslin (August 6, 1883 – October 14, 1956), born Margaret Lucy Gosling, was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 160 films between 1910 and 1923. She was born Cleveland, Ohio and died in Glendale, California. She wa ...
(unconfirmed)
* Gus Leonard
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor.
Biography
The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, he sp ...
as Old man at party
* J. Darcie 'Foxy' Lloyd (as James Darsie Lloyd)
* Charles Stevenson (unconfirmed)
* Dorothea Wolbert
Dorothea Wolbert (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1958) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series ''I Love Lucy'' (with her character named Dorothea Wolbe ...
(unconfirmed)
* Noah Young
Noah Young, Jr. (February 2, 1887 – April 18, 1958) was a champion weightlifter and actor.
Biography
Young was born in Cañon City, Colorado. His father, Noah Young, was a foreman of the Glenrock coal mine who later became a coal mine i ...
(unconfirmed)
See also
* Harold Lloyd filmography
These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ...
References
External links
*
''The Non-Stop Kid''
on YouTube
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1918 films
1918 short films
1918 comedy films
Silent American comedy short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Gilbert Pratt
Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker
Surviving American silent films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
English-language comedy short films
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