Over the Fence (1917 film)
Over the Fence | |
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Directed by | Harold Lloyd J. Farrell MacDonald |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Starring | Harold Lloyd |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Over the Fence is a 1917 American short comedy film directed by and starring Harold Lloyd. The film is notable as the debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.[1]
Plot[]
Ginger, a tailor, finds two tickets to a baseball game in the pocket of a customer's garment. He calls his girlfriend to tell her to meet him at the ballpark. Ginger is unaware that a fellow tailor, Snitch, sneakily lifted the tickets from his pocket. When Ginger and his girl arrive at the ballpark for the game, Ginger realizes the tickets are gone. He has no money, so his attempt to buy tickets proves fruitless. Snitch sees Ginger's girl and takes her into the ballpark with him using the tickets he stole. Ginger manages to enter the ballpark using the players' entrance where he mistaken for the home team's new "fuzzball" pitcher. He stars in the game and is on his way to completing a game-winning home run when he sees his girl with Snitch in field-level seats. A major fight breaks out that involves members of both teams.
Cast[]
- Harold Lloyd as Ginger, a tailor
- Snub Pollard as Snitch, another
- Bud Jamison as The Boss
- Bebe Daniels as Ginger's girl
- J. Darcie 'Foxy' Lloyd as Umpire (as James Darsie Lloyd)
- Sammy Brooks
- Margaret Joslin (as Margaret Joslin Todd)
- Gus Leonard as Gus
- Fred C. Newmeyer
- Dorothea Wolbert
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Over the Fence". Silent Era. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
External links[]
- 1917 films
- Silent films
- American films
- American silent short films
- 1917 comedy films
- 1917 short films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Harold Lloyd
- Films directed by J. Farrell MacDonald
- American comedy films
- Comedy short films
- 1910s short comedy film stubs