The Marathon
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The Marathon is a 1919
1919 in film
The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

 short 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....

. A print of the film survives in the film archive at George Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...

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Cast

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

  • Snub Pollard
    Snub Pollard
    Harry "Snub" Pollard was a silent film comedian, popular in the 1920s.-Career:Often mistaken as the brother of Australian actress Daphne Pollard, in fact the two were not related despite their shared surname. Harry Pollard was born as Harold Fraser and took the name Pollard as his stage name...

  • Bebe Daniels
    Bebe Daniels
    Bebe Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent movie era as a child actress, became a star in musicals like 42nd Street, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain...

  • Sammy Brooks
    Sammy Brooks
    Sammy Brooks was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Berth Marks * Bromo and Juliet...

  • Lew Harvey
    Lew Harvey
    Lew Harvey was an American film actor. He appeared in 145 films between 1918 and 1950.He was born in Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* The Oklahoma Kid...

  • Wallace Howe
  • Gus Leonard
    Gus Leonard
    Gus Leonard was a French-born American film actor. He appeared in 150 films between 1916 and 1937.Modern audiences will recognize Leonard from his appearances in the Our Gang comedies Mush and Milk, Teacher's Beau and The Lucky Corner.Leonard died in Los Angeles, California on March 27,...

  • Gaylord Lloyd
  • Marie Mosquini
    Marie Mosquini
    Marie Mosquini was an American film actress. She appeared in 202 films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the resident ingenue at the Hal Roach studio, appearing opposite Roach's comedy stars Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and Stan Laurel.In October, 1930, Marie retired from...

  • Fred C. Newmeyer
    Fred C. Newmeyer
    Fred C. Newmeyer was an American actor and film director. A native of Central City, Colorado, he is best known for directing a handful of films in the Our Gang series and for directing Harold Lloyd movies The Freshman and Girl Shy. Newmeyer also had an extensive directing and acting resume in...

  • William Petterson
  • Dorothea Wolbert
    Dorothea Wolbert
    Dorothea Wolbert was an American film actress. She appeared in 147 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series "I Love Lucy" in episode #137- Ricky's European Booking .She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:*...

  • 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...

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