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I love this movie so much

i must have seen a different film!!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

"An Eastern Westerner" is a 24-minute black-and-white short film from 1920, so it will soon have its 100th anniversary. The names Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and Noah Young will tell you immediately that this is a black-and-white silent film if the production year hasn't already. Of course, it is an American movie and except Young (who wasn't much older) all the protagonists I mentioned earlier were still under the age of 30, but very successful already in their respective fields, despite the age. Western films were apparently very popular already at this point (shortly after World War I) and this movie here has several western scenes and components in terms of costumes and sets for example. But the story is not really that good. I do believe that silent film superstar Lloyd had decent comedic talent, but nothing really made a difference in his purely comedic films. He was at his best when he could bring in some emotion and manage to evoke strong feelings of joy or sadness in his audience. This component is missing here entirely I must say. That's why I give it a thumbs down, even if it is among Lloyd's most known short films. Not recommended.

This is yet another Harold Lloyd comedy short I watched on the Kino DVD called "The Harold Lloyd Collection". In this one, Harold is a party boy who has worked the last nerve of his father so he sends his boy out west. It's there that we meet a big bully (Noah Young) who threatens a girl he employs (Mildred Davis, later to be Mrs. Lloyd) that he'll keep her father locked up unless she agrees to marry him. Guess who comes to the rescue. I'll stop there and just say how hilarious I found the whole thing from the "shimmying" Harold does at the beginning to the chase he gets from a group of white-sheeted men who resemble a certain white supremacist group. Besides those acrobatics, there's also a funny disguise on Lloyd's part as he tries to win a card game and some mishaps with a horse that seems to win some of Davis' heart as she laughs at him sympathetically. In short, I highly recommend An Eastern Westerner.

Eastern Westerner, An (1920) ** (out of 4) A party boy (Harold Lloyd) is sent out west by his parents but once there he encounters a group of masked bandits. I really didn't find this short very entertaining. Not many laughs to be found here.From Hand to Mouth (1920) ** (out of 4) A tramp (Harold Lloyd) meets a young homeless girl and her dog and the three try to get some food. I'm sure this was meant to be a sweet little film but it doesn't come off that way and the lack of laughs make it rather uninteresting.

A Hal Roach HAROLD LLOYD Short Subject.Harold becomes AN EASTERN WESTERNER when his wealthy father banishes him from Broadway to Piute Patch.Harold displays his remarkable athletic ability in this funny little film made shortly after he lost half of his right hand in a freak accident. Although his special glove (made by Sam Goldwyn's family) is visible at times, you would never know he was handicapped in any way. Whether trying to sneak into a New York nightclub, or escape from the dangerous Masked Angels out West, Harold is never less than hilarious.Mildred Davis, Harold's future wife, plays the sweet Girl of the West; Noah Young is the nasty outlaw.Robert Israel has composed an excellent film score which perfectly complements Harold's antics on the screen.