Young Mr. Jazz
About Young Mr. Jazz
Bebe is on the beach with her father. The moment he steps away, Harold moves in. The father comes back and knocks the courtship flat. Harold tunnels through the sand, talks to her through a pipe, and sets a dancing date. Her father spots them in the car and follows. They duck into the Bowery Cafe, where pickpockets clean them out. Harold discovers the theft when the waiter brings the bill, so the pair dance to stall him. The father comes in and is robbed too. A fight clears the room. Harold drops the toughs, and the father stops objecting.
Cast & crew
More about Young Mr. Jazz
Hal Roach directed and produced for Rolin. H. M. Walker wrote titles. Walter Lundin photographed. Pathé Exchange released it on April 20, 1919. Copyright is February 27, 1919 (LU13442). Filming dates on the Roach lot records are September 30 to October 4, 1918. It is production L-58, one reel. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, and Snub Pollard lead. Bud Jamison plays the father.
Themes
Making
Roach shot the beach gags and the cafe brawl in four days in the fall of 1918, then held the reel until the spring Pathé release.
Look
Walter Lundin covers the beach so that Harold can appear from the sand with a pipe for a periscope, then moves inside the Bowery Cafe for the fight.
Preservation
A print is in the Museum of Modern Art. The film is public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Pathé reissued it on December 10, 1922.
- Marie Mosquini is one of the cafe operators who works the father.
- Noah Young plays the bartender. A beach pier behind the opening carries a sign reading DANCING.
- The Museum of Modern Art holds a print.
- The short is in the public domain in the United States.
- Internet Archive has a copy as silent-young-mr-jazz.
Scenes
- Harold speaks to Bebe from under the sand through a pipe.
- The waiter demands payment after the pickpockets have already taken the money.
- Harold flattens the cafe toughs and the father changes his mind.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-young-mr-jazz)
