I Do
About I Do
The opening is a cartoon of a wedding. A year later the husband and wife walk with a baby carriage that holds a bottle, not a baby. Her brother asks them to watch his children. The rest is the babysitting: nailed slippers, a firework aimed at a crib, and a fight with the agitation in the house. At the end he finds knitted baby clothes in a drawer.
Cast & crew
More about I Do
Wikipedia credits Hal Roach as director. A Harold Lloyd filmography credits Fred Newmeyer and lists Roach as producer. Sam Taylor and Roach wrote the story. Walter Lundin is the cameraman on that filmography. Charles Bilkey edited. Pathé Exchange released it on September 11, 1921, two reels, production L-12. It was copyrighted July 2, 1921, and shot from February 23 to March 26, 1921. Wikipedia gives 26 minutes. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis play the couple. Noah Young is the agitation. Jackie Morgan and Jackie Edwards are the children.
Themes
Making
The cartoon wedding is the opening gag. The rest was shot in the spring of 1921.
Look
Walter Lundin photographed the street at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard and the house gags.
Preservation
Prints survive, including the Internet Archive copy and a Wikimedia file.
Notes
- The first scene is a drawn wedding, not a photographed one.
- The carriage holds a bottle. Passersby laugh until the shot widens.
- The street walk was filmed at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, across from the old Garden Court Apartments.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-i-do.
Scenes
- The carriage turns out to hold a bottle.
- He finds baby clothes and understands she is pregnant.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-i-do)
