Film Forum

U.S., 1927
Directed by Ted Wilde, Lewis Milestone
Starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
Recorded orchestral score by Carl Davis
Approx. 82 min. DCP. 

Harold Lloyd’s most unsung masterpiece, as mild-mannered but resourceful Harold assembly-lines the domestic chores for his rough-neck brothers, tenderly romances the girl from a visiting medicine show, and at last wins his sheriff father's respect, after a hair-raising battle aboard a derelict shop.

Reviews

“I watched it with a counter in hand and reckon that it averages three good laughs per minute.”
– Criterion

“Harold Lloyd has clicked again with THE KID BROTHER, about as gaggy a gag picture as he has ever done. It is just a series of gags, one following the other, some funny and others funnier.”
– Variety