Grandma's Boy is a 1922 Family

Family

In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 starring Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....

. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development.

Plot

Lloyd plays the grandma's boy, a timid coward who cannot muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it all along. This film was an immensely popular, commercially successful film in its time.

Cast

• Harold Lloyd
  Harold Lloyd
  Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
  
   - Grandma's Boy
• Mildred Davis
  Mildred Davis
  Mildred Hillary Davis was an American actress who appeared in many of Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedies and eventually became his wife.-Early life and career:...
  
   - His Girl
• Anna Townsend
  Anna Townsend
  Anna Townsend was a silent film actress most notable for her roles in Harold Lloyd films.-External links:...
  
   - Grandma
• Dick Sutherland
  Dick Sutherland
  Dick Sutherland was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1921 and 1932. His crude threatening looking features were a result of acromegaly...
  
   - The Rolling Stone
• Charles Stevenson - His Rival / Union General
• Noah Young
  Noah Young
  Noah Young Jr. was a former champion weightlifter who joined the Hal Roach studios as an actor, mainly playing comic villains. He appeared in several Laurel and Hardy comedies but was more notable as a foil for Harold Lloyd, whom he supported in over 50 films...
  
  - Sheriff