By the Sad Sea Waves

1917 Comedy 10 minutes Directed by Alfred J. Goulding

About By the Sad Sea Waves

Harold Lloyd, a vagabond, steals a lifeguard's uniform at the beach and tries to do the job. In the changing stalls the help turns into a mess. Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard are with him. Alfred J. Goulding directed the Hal Roach short.

Cast & crew

More about By the Sad Sea Waves

Roach produced. Released July 22, 1917. The listed length is 10 minutes. Frank Alexander and Sammy Brooks are billed.

Themes

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The uniform is stolen. He is not the lifeguard.
  • Daniels and Pollard are the other leads.
  • The stalls are where the help goes wrong.
  • Goulding has the direction.

Scenes

  • Lloyd puts on the lifeguard's clothes and walks the beach as if the job were his.