{"id":33996,"date":"2023-10-05T06:54:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33996"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:54:56","slug":"why-worry-starring-harold-lloyd-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33996","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why Worry?&#8221; starring Harold Lloyd \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z100523zview_whyworry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"399\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Why Worry? <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">(1923)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Sam Taylor <\/strong>(story), <strong>H.M. Walker <\/strong>(titles)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wally Howe<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Come and See the Enormous Giant, 8ft. 9in. high, who helps Harold Quell a Revolution in Six reels of the cleverest and funniest humor imaginable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold Van Pelham (Lloyd) is a wealthy hypochondriac.\u00a0 Pelham decides to go to the South American island of Paradiso for his health.\u00a0 There Pelham finds himself in the middle of a revolution&#8230; winds up rooming with men who are to be shot at dawn&#8230; befriends a giant&#8230; takes on an army&#8230; and finds true love!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Why Worry<\/em> really takes off when Lloyd befriends the giant with a toothache.\u00a0 Repeated attempts to remove the giant&#8217;s tooth bring laughs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The funniest scene has Lloyd repeatedly jumping on a commandant and hitting him until the soldiers he was leading (from the rear) realize what is happening.\u00a0 Lloyd then runs off with the soldiers after him and the Captain again leading from behind.\u00a0 Lloyd then knocks the Captain down and starts beating him again.\u00a0 This happens several times with Lloyd using some inventive means to get his licks in.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe <em>Why Worry<\/em> premiered 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Why Worry? <\/em><\/strong>(1923) <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z100523zview_whyworry2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Worry? 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