Harold Lloyd - Hot Water | Old Silent Comedy

Harold Lloyd - Hot Water - Episodic look at married life and in-law problems. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey, a wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow, and a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and is convinced that he has killed her. When she begins sleep-walking, he thinks that she has returned to haunt him.

Harold Lloyd - Hot Water (1924)
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Writers: Sam Taylor, John Grey, Tim Whelan
Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 26 October 1924 (USA)
Filming Location: General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Reviews:
"This Harold Lloyd comedy is fun and resourceful, squeezing a surprising amount of material out of a couple of simple ideas. The situations are simple and the plot is nearly non-existent, but the characters are entertaining and there are lots of props and gag ideas that are used creatively, with everything helped along by Lloyd's energy and expert timing.

The story is essentially three different loosely-connected sequences. Harold goes on a shopping trip and has all kinds of difficulty on a streetcar, then he takes his in-laws on a tumultuous ride in his new car, and then he faces some unsettling domestic disturbances. Each sequence has a slightly different feel, and uses Lloyd's character in somewhat different ways, giving him a chance to perform a number of different comedy ideas.

Josephine Crowell as the mother-in-law makes a good antagonist, and Charles Stevenson strikes the right note as the oafish brother-in-law. Jobyna Ralston doesn't get the chance to do a lot of comedy, but she is engaging as always.

It's good comedy, and it builds things up fairly well. There are many details that are used once for their own sake, and that then return in the frenzied climactic sequence, and some of the ideas are pretty clever. It's often deliberately far-fetched, and in a manner that comes off rather well."
written by "Snow Leopard" on IMDb.com

Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Hot Water
Austria Er und die Schwiegermutter
Brazil Sogra Fantasma
Denmark Svigermor kommer - !
Finland Kuumaa vettä
Finland (theatrical title) Anoppi tulee
France Une riche famille
Germany Harolds liebe Schwiegermama
Germany (reissue title) Harolds liebe Schwiegermama
Greece (transliterated title) Pro pantos, psyhraimia
Greece Προ παντός, ψυχραιμία
Italy Il re degli scapoli
Japan (Japanese title) ロイドの初恋
Poland W gorącej wodzie kąpany
Portugal A Sogra Fantasma
Slovakia On, prenest'astný muzícek
Soviet Union (Russian title) Горячая вода
Soviet Union (Ukrainian title) Гарі Паливода
Spain Casado y con suegra
Sweden Svärmor kommer
Ukraine Гарі Паливода
UK Hot Water
USA (working title) Hubby
USA Hot Water
West Germany (TV title) Das Wasser kocht

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