Film

Beat It

1918 · 11m · Comedy

Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation. In an attempt to reinvent himself, Lloyd donned a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and thus, a new comedy legend was born. Setting himself against Chaplin, Lloyd's "glasses character" was an everyman, a resourceful go-getter who embodied the ambitious, success-seeking attitude of 1920s America.

Harold Lloyd

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Bebe Daniels

Maybelle Ballard

William Blaisdell

James Blyler

Florence Brewster

Sammy Brooks

Lige Conley

Billy Evans

Billy Fay

Otto Fries

William Gillespie

Max Hamburger

Lew Harvey

Grace La Rue

• Gilbert PrattDirector
• Hal RoachProducer
• Walter LundinDirector of Photography

Release date

February 24, 1918

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

11m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy