The Marathon
About The Marathon
Suitors crowd Bebe Daniels, each wanting to take her to a local marathon. Her father, a former heavyweight, scares them off except Snub Pollard, who wins him with a cigar. Harold Lloyd arrives, fights both Snub and the father, and the police are called. Harold runs from the house and lands in the middle of the race, with the runners chasing him too.
Cast & crew
More about The Marathon
Alfred J. Goulding directed. Hal Roach produced. Released 25 May 1919. One reel, about 10 minutes.
Themes
Making
A Hal Roach one-reeler built around a chase that ends inside a road race.
Preservation
A print survives at George Eastman House. An Internet Archive copy is listed under silent-the-marathon.
Notes
- Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and Bebe Daniels lead the cast.
- Also in the cast: Sammy Brooks, Lew Harvey, Wallace Howe, Gus Leonard, Gaylord Lloyd, Marie Mosquini, Fred C. Newmeyer, William Petterson, Dorothea Wolbert, and Noah Young.
- Gaylord Lloyd is Harold Lloyd's brother.
- Fred C. Newmeyer, later a Lloyd director, appears as an actor.
- A print is at George Eastman House.
Scenes
- Snub wins over Bebe's father by offering him a cigar.
- Harold flees the house and is swallowed up by the marathon, with the runners after him.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-marathon)
