{"id":42070,"date":"2026-07-11T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42070"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:25:27","slug":"take-a-chance-1918-starring-harold-lloyd-bebe-daniels-and-snub-pollard-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42070","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Take a Chance&#8221; (1918) starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and &#8216;Snub&#8217; Pollard \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z071126zview_takeachance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Take a Chance <\/i>(1918)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Alfred J. Goulding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Alfred J. Goulding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, &#8216;Snub&#8217; Pollard, Bud Jamison.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold sees a girl (Bebe) outside on some steps and is smitten.\u00a0 Before he can make any headway, Bebe&#8217;s boyfriend, Snub, drives up. She gets in the front seat while Harold, unbeknownst to both, sneaks in the back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold secretly influences Bebe and Snub into an argument.\u00a0 When they arrive at the park, Harold continues to try to woo Bebe.\u00a0 When two escaped convicts show up, one knocks Harold out and exchanges clothes with him as well.\u00a0 When the police chasing the escaped cons show up, they see Harold in prison clothes.<\/p>\n<p>The chase is on!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t go in to <em>Take a Chance<\/em> looking for a sensible story&#8230; even by early film standards.\u00a0 <em>Take a Chance<\/em> feels like two partial films stuck together.\u00a0 The first, a romantic comedy and the second, a slapstick chase.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not Harold Lloyd&#8217;s finest but at this stage in his career, Harold Lloyd wasn&#8217;t yet Harold Lloyd the silent film star.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Take a Chance <\/i>(1918)<\/strong> 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\/2026\/z071126zview_takeachance2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a Chance (1918) Director:\u00a0 Alfred J. 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