Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.
Stunts
Lloyd's park bench acrobatics before his famous Safety Last era.
Practical Effects
Genuine 1919 spring locations, no studio fakery.
Director
Hal Roach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Lloyd's earliest 'Glasses Character' shorts, before he perfected his everyman persona in the 1920s.
The 'spring fever' trope as workplace rebellion peaked in this era—white-collar workers were new enough to resent them.
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