Paramount Pictures
Directed by Ted Wilde and J.A. Howe
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, New Line Home Entertainment)
Harold Lloyd is the youngest brother in a family consisting of macho men in an old western town. He does their laundry and cooking while they chop the wood and other manly chores. A traveling medicine show provides him with an opportunity to gain his self-confidence. He falls in love with the daughter of the show's owner, prompting him to show off by hunting down the thieves who steal the town's treasury. Although this is a character-driven Lloyd film, he has plenty of opportunities to show off his well-choreographed stunt work. Lloyd does tend to go to the well a little too often, though, there is nothing here that we haven't seen in previous films, and the situations are starting to become contrived. Still, it's a lot of fun. Last appearance by Jobyna Ralston together with Lloyd.
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