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Step Lively (1917)

Step Lively poster
Directed by
Alfred J. Goulding
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
13 min
Rated
NR
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short comedy from the silent era where a man gets into a series of mishaps. The film follows his antics and close calls as he tries to get a quarter.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedslapstickzanybreezywhimsicalsilent-era charm

What happens

Step Lively is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Like many American films of the time, Step Lively was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required two views of a quarter to be cut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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