{"id":42066,"date":"2026-07-09T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42066"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:29:54","slug":"bumping-into-broadway-starring-harold-lloyd-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42066","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bumping into Broadway&#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\/2026\/z070926zview_bumpingbroadway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Bumping Into Broadway <\/i>(1919)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Hal Roach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd; <\/strong>titles by<strong> H.M. Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, &#8216;Snub&#8217; Pollard<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Two thousand feet of girls and giggles with a kick like moonshine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A &#8220;girl&#8221; dreams of being an actress.\u00a0 The &#8220;boy&#8221; in the room next door dreams of being a playwright.\u00a0 Neither have found success.\u00a0 When the boy learns that the girl is going to be evicted for not paying her rent, he gives her the last of his money.\u00a0 All he has to do now is avoid his tough landlady and her big bouncer until he can raise the cash for his rent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Bumping into Broadway<\/em> is the final film made\/released before the accident that cost Harold Lloyd is right thumb and forefinger.\u00a0 During a photo shoot a prop bomb exploded causing Lloyd&#8217;s injury.\u00a0 In his future films Lloyd wore a glove or keep his right hand hidden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bumping into Broadway<\/em> is the first two-reel film that featured Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;glasses&#8221; character.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Bumping Into Broadway <\/i>(1919)<\/strong> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.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\/2026\/z070926zview_bumpingbroadway2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Director:\u00a0 Hal Roach Screenplay: \u00a0Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd; titles by H.M. 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