The Non-Stop Kid
About The Non-Stop Kid
Bebe, Miss Wiggle, has several suitors. Her father has promised her to Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold Lloyd gets into the house party by telling the butler, Snub Pollard, that he is Professor Noodle, inventor of winding soup. The guests shove him around the combination tea and bean-bag social.
Cast & crew
More about The Non-Stop Kid
Hal Roach produced the one-reeler (production L-24). H. M. Walker wrote the titles. Walter Lundin photographed. Filmed 17–23 January 1918. Released 12 May 1918. Copyrighted 1 June 1918 and reissued 15 January 1922. Wikipedia credits Gilbert Pratt as director; lordheath.com credits Fred Jefferson and notes that at least one source names Pratt. Runtime about 12 minutes.
Themes
Making
A Roach-Pathé Lloyd short shot in one week in January 1918 and built on Harold passing himself off as the professor the father has already chosen.
Look
Walter Lundin photographed it.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Harold Lloyd plays Harold. Bebe Daniels plays Miss Wiggle. Snub Pollard, billed Harry Pollard, plays the butler and does not appear until about six and a half minutes in.
- William Blaisdell plays Bebe's father. Billy Fay plays Professor Fay. Sammy Brooks is a short bearded man. Gus Leonard is an old man at the party.
- The professor's initials on the lordheath synopsis are M. T. Noodle, D.D.X.L.N.T.
- A file is on Wikimedia Commons as The Non Stop Kid (1918).webm.
Scenes
- Harold introduces himself to Snub as Professor Noodle, inventor of the winding soup.
- Guests at the tea and bean-bag social leapfrog him and knock his hat off.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Non Stop Kid (1918).webm)
