SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLBOCK, THE(1947)
Having not seen the first movie that this is kind of a
continuation of, I can't speak whether it holds true to
the first movie!! Anyway, Diddlebock became famous in
the movie "The Freshman" wherein Harold becomes a football
hero by scoring a winning touchdown, even though he was
just the water boy! This is set years later where a dude
had promised him a job after his heroics(not in the original
movie), and this shows him at that person's place of employment,
as he's getting the ax! He is inconsolible, and decides to
go out with a blaze of glory, doing things that he never
thought he'd do in his life! Many ups and downs for him in
this comedy! This has a few really good actors in it:
Lionel Stander, Rudy Valle & Margeret Hamilton!! C
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This film drags in some parts, and Lloyd I think puts
off some modern viewers. The first time I watched it
I thought it was the film equivalent of seeing Ali vs.
Andre the Giant. But Sturges' brilliance is in here,
and the degree to which it is derived from Lloyd is
paid homage to in a wonderful, dark, surreal way. How
can you not love a film that starts with the last moments
of Lloyd's The Freshman and then shows the hero turned
into a mail room stooge who gets buried by the corporate
system? The ending is wonderfully hypnotic, happy? Well
as is always the case, the poor down trodden guy figures
out how to operate the machine just enough to produce
his own deus ex machina. Sturges and Lloyd look more
brilliant and visionary than ever from the vantage
point of post-Enron, MCI, etc. - robwms63
Harold Lloyd ... Harold Diddlebock
Jimmy Conlin ... Wormy
Raymond Walburn ... E.J. Waggleberry
Rudy Vallee ... Lynn Sargent
Edgar Kennedy ... Jake the Bartender
Arline Judge ... Manicurist
Franklin Pangborn ... Formfit Franklin
Lionel Stander ... Max
Margaret Hamilton ... Flora
Jack Norton ... James R. Smoke
Robert Dudley ... Robert McDuffy
Arthur Hoyt ... J.P. Blackstone
Julius Tannen ... Nearsighted Banker
Al Bridge ... Wild Bill Hickock
Robert Greig ... Algernon McNiff
Georgia Caine ... Bearded Lady
Torben Meyer ... Barber with Mustache
Victor Potel ... Prof. Potelle (as Vic Potel)
Jackie the Lion ... Jackie the Lion
Frances Ramsden ... Frances Otis
Chet Brandenburg ... Football Fan (uncredited)
Tex Cooper ... Man in Finale (uncredited)
Dot Farley ... Smoke's Secretary (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Man Who Bumps Harold (uncredited)
Gladys Forrest ... Snake Charmer (uncredited)
Pat Harmon ... Football Coach (edited from 'The Freshman') (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Ida Kitaeva ... Woman (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold ... Blonde (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... Football Rooter (uncredited)
Mathew McCue ... Football Fan (uncredited)
Tom McGuire ... Police Captain (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore ... Bootblack (uncredited)
Frank Moran ... Mike the Cop (uncredited)
Bob Reeves ... Ringling Bros Representive (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson ... Lucky Leopold (uncredited)
Harry Rosenthal ... Reveler (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Midget (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Doorman (uncredited)
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