In his 77 plus years, Harold Lloyd led a rich and fulfilling life. He rose out of a staggering poverty, and an inconsistent childhood, and made something of himself. Something big. All the while, he fully utilized the kocks and breaks that life gave him. Good things and bad things happened to him - comprising the turning points in his existence - and these events ultimately shaped him into the man he became.
Most people know Harold Lloyd for Safety Last, the film in which he hangs by the hands of a clock on a building in the middle of a city. But thanks to Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (not related to the comedian's family), a great 400 page book about the comedian is available for sale. Rather than reprise what everyone else has done in prior books about silent screen comedians, Annette chose to document his personal life and the aspects no one really unearthed before.
The clip of a coin that got him to California, meeting a fellow extra at Universal by the name of Hal Roach, the entire creation of the revolutionary Glass Character, a death-defying bomb accident, patenting his legendary comedies, building his Greenacres, taking perpetual control of his films, leaving two film compilations for posterity, allowing his films to be screened on early television when most of Hollywood said no, and much more. The book is enhanced by memories from his friends and family, and is a veritable feast for new and seasoned fans alike.
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