Harold Lloyd invents the gig economy in 10 minutes of glorious chaos.
A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.
Stunts
Lloyd's physical comedy at breakneck 1919 speed.
Production
Hal Roach's efficient 10-minute perfection.
Director
Hal Roach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hal Roach shot this same week he founded his legendary studio; Lloyd wasn't yet wearing his signature glasses.
This captures post-WWI America's anxiety about employment and respectable work—still relatable, still exhausting.
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