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Beat It

Beat It

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 24, 1918

Runtime

0h 11m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

Beat It

Production Companies

Rolin Films

Director

Gilbert Pratt

Description

Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation. In an attempt to reinvent himself, Lloyd donned a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and thus, a new comedy legend was born. Setting himself against Chaplin, Lloyd's "glasses character" was an everyman, a resourceful go-getter who embodied the ambitious, success-seeking attitude of 1920s America.