Why Pick on Me?

Name: Why Pick on Me?
Director: Gilbert Pratt
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1918
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell, Bud Jamison

1918 Comedy 1 reel Directed by Gilbert Pratt

About Why Pick on Me?

Harold Lloyd's glasses character takes Bebe Daniels to the beach, with Snub Pollard along. The outing turns into a chase and a pile-up among the bathers.

Cast & crew

Gilbert Pratt Director
Harold Lloyd
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Bebe Daniels
William Blaisdell
Bud Jamison

More about Why Pick on Me?

The catalog credits Gilbert Pratt. Hal Roach produced the one-reeler for Rolin, and Pathé Exchange released it. Silent Era dates the shoot to June 25–29, 1918, and the release to October 13, 1918.

Themes

A day at the beach
A glasses comedian
A chase
Harold Lloyd
Bebe Daniels
Snub Pollard
beach
one reel

Preservation

Silent Era records that a print exists.

Notes

Silent Era lists Bud Jamison as Caleb Kale, with William Blaisdell, Sammy Brooks, and Helen Gilmore also in the cast.
It is one of Lloyd's glasses-character shorts, after he had dropped the Lonesome Luke makeup.
A print exists.