{"id":42093,"date":"2026-07-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42093"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:50:35","slug":"an-eastern-westerner-1920-starring-harold-lloyd-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42093","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;An Eastern Westerner&#8221; (1920) 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\/z071426zview_easternwesterner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>An Eastern Westerner <\/i>(1920)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Hal Roach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Frank Terry, H.M. Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>A Riot of Rollicking Fun!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold is the son of wealthy parents.\u00a0 Harold parties all night and sleeps during the day.\u00a0 In an effort to toughen up his son, Harold is sent to his Uncle&#8217;s ranch out west.\u00a0 Harold arrives in the frontier town of Piute Pass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost immediately Harold becomes smitten with a beautiful woman.\u00a0 The girl, along with her father are seeking work from Tiger Lip Tompkins.\u00a0 He&#8217;s the hardcase that runs the town.\u00a0 When the girl refuses Tiger Lip&#8217;s advances, he kidnaps her father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Harold is literally dealing with cardsharps, roughnecks and gunslingers.\u00a0 When Harold learns of the girl&#8217;s problem, he decides to win her over, by saving her dad.<\/p>\n<p>Mount up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold Lloyd made this film after an accident that cost him his right thumb and index finger.\u00a0 For the rest of his career Lloyd wore a flesh-colored prosthetic glove.\u00a0 Despite the loss of fingers, Lloyd was able to continue his acrobatic stunts.<\/p>\n<p>This film is made in 1920, but it&#8217;s obvious that Cowboy movies had already established many of the troupes we expect to see: evil gunslinger who runs the town, damsel in distress, saloon card games and card sharks, barroom brawls, etc.<\/p>\n<p>One of the <em>John Wick 2<\/em> posters pays homage to the poster for <em>An Eastern Westerner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>An Eastern Westerner <\/i>(1920)<\/strong> rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.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\/z071426zview_easternwesterner2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Eastern Westerner (1920) Director:\u00a0 Hal Roach Screenplay: Frank Terry, H.M. 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