Harold Lloyd as a lovesick barber? The mustache comedy we deserve.
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
Acting
Harold Lloyd's expressive physical comedy before his glasses persona.
Direction
Goulding's efficient staging packs three acts into 11 minutes.
Director
Alfred J. Goulding
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was shot during Lloyd's 'Lonesome Luke' period, before he invented his signature glasses-wearing everyman character in 1917.
The 'Mexican village' was likely a Hollywood backlot with white actors in brownface—a common and cringeworthy practice of the era.
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