The Man In The Glasses: The Harold Lloyd Podcast

The business of comedy has shifted, but some things haven't changed since Harold and his gag team were first making "Lonesome Luke."

From "Late Night with David Letterman," "Newsradio" and "What We Do In The Shadows," we're exploring the art of the writers' room with Emmy-nominated comedy veteran Joe Furey!

Why Lloyd films and other classic comedians still hold up better than others.

How making comedy has evolved over time, and how...

Hal Roach Studios was built on the comedy of Harold Lloyd and sustained by Our Gang and Laurel & Hardy. And Harold and Stan stayed friends throughout their lives.

As Bruce Goldstein launches a massive Laurel & Hardy retrospective at Film Forum this week, we take a few minutes to talk about the most famous duo to come out of Hal Roach Studios with Patrick Vasey, ...

We're back from summer break to take a deep dive into the early days of the movies with Tracey Goessel of Film Preservation Society and Randy Haberkamp of the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library!

From "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1921) to "Saving Private Ryan," (1998) the artistic and medical reasons why modern filmmakers who embrace the visual language of silent film are more emotionally successful with audiences.

Introducing...

1914 was a formative year for four of Hollywood's biggest icons, and their burgeoning careers caused changes in the film industry that formed it into what it is today.

Sources: "Magic In A Pair Of Horn-Rimmed Glasses" by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, "The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia" by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, "Lonesome Luke's Lively Life" by Steve Massa, "The Parade's Gone By" by Kevin Brownlow, "Mary Pickford: America's Sweetheart" b...

In the fall of1912 , Harold and his dad, "Foxy" Lloyd, flipped a coin. They had the money to move and make a fresh start, but where would be best for Harold's career?

Heads, go east to New York and try to break into Broadway. Tails, go west and join acting mentor John Lane Connor at his theatrical company in San Diego. 

Biographer Annette D'Agostino Lloyd guides us through this pivotal coin toss, as well as his relationship wi...

Happy Birthday to Gloria Lloyd Roberts, Harold's eldest child born on May 22, 1924!

To celebrate we're listening to Leonard Maltin interview Gloria and her daughter Suzanne in 2005, along with home movies and some of Gloria's contributions to Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's documentary, "The Third Genius."

Special thanks to Leonard Maltin and Kevin Brownlow.

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Comedians Tommy Murray and Hayley Everitt are creating a unique theatrical experience in the United Kingdom using the story of Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis, and featuring other silent comedy all-stars.

Tommy & Hayley discuss the inspiration for their act, how they connect personally and professionally with Harold, Mildred and other silent comedians, and how their show has evolved to become more personal and universal.

How Tom...

We're celebrating the legendary Bruce Goldstein, honoree of the 2026 Robert Osborne Award at the TCM Film Festival!

Founder of Rialto Pictures and veteran cinema programmer for the Bleecker Street Cinema, the Carnegie Hall cinema, and the Thalia, and at Film Forum for 40 years, Bruce is one of the leading figures in film distribution, exhibition and curation. 

Bruce has programmed Harold Lloyd many times, beginning with the ma...

Scott McGee is back to talk all about his book "Danger On The Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema's Greatest Stunts," which features a section on "Safety Last." 

This fantastic book chronicles the history of stunts in filmmaking from the silent comedy of Harold, Buster and Chaplin and the heroics of Douglas Fairbanks and Richard Barthelmess through epics like Ben-Hur and How The West Was Won, the James Bond, Indiana Jon...

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What IS that behind Harold Lloyd during the final chase in "Speedy"?

We're playing detective with Turner Classic Movies director of original programming Scott McGee, who leads us through a complex mystery of rodeo cowboys, breathtaking stunt work, and a horse's butt...

Plus: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and King Tut.

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It's Harold Lloyd's birthday! So to celebrate we're releasing early the first part of an upcoming episode series on Harold's childhood featuring biographer Annette D'Agostino Lloyd!

Annette discusses parents Foxy and Elisabeth, brother Gaylord, how young Harold first discovered his passion for the theater, and the acts of either extreme coincidence or fate that propelled him toward the screen.

Music by Robert Israel.

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Robert Israel is one of the most esteemed and accomplished composers working in the area of silent film. He has scored the films of von Stroheim and von Sternberg, Lillian Gish and Douglas Fairbanks, comedians like Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Arbuckle. And he has written music for 20 Harold Lloyd films!

Robert guides us through his journey with Harold Lloyd and his inspirations for the musical landscape he's developed.

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Bienvenue! It's not an April Fool's joke – Harold Lloyd triumphantly returns to France in four brand new restorations coming to theaters nationwide, and the Cinematheque Française is celebrating with two weeks of festivities showcasing the man in the glasses!

Starting April 15th, new 4K restorations of SAFETY LAST (Monte là-dessus), THE FRESHMAN (Vive le sport!), ...

Suzanne, Rich, Dave, Jennifer and Richard return to look back after 50 years at all the fun and work they embarked on at Greenacres.

They discuss bringing life back to the estate and reviving Harold's sense of fun and youth. And how they felt the importance of the history they were rescuing. 

The Simonton family's friendship with the Lloyds, and Richard's and Robert's engineering projects at the estate.

The importance of sorti...

Suzanne Lloyd, Rich Correll, Dave Nowell, Jennifer Edwards and Richard Simonton join us for a riotous trip down memory lane, jam-packed with stories you won't hear anywhere else about Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and life at Greenacres.

Mildred throws costume parties and sleepovers for Sue and Jennifer in elementary school and takes them trick-or-treating. And once they're teenagers, naturally the boys start coming over.

Rich C. and...

What's it like when your grandparents and their friends are movie legends who love having a child around? According to our guest Suzanne Lloyd, America's sweetheart Mary Pickford drives you to school, WAMPAS star Carmelita Geraghty brings you makeup, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Frances Marion takes you to the bookstore.

By 1923, Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis had brought their parents and brothers to Hollywood and were starting ...

Steve Massa is back to discuss his book "Lonesome Luke's Lively Life" and the companion "Lonesome Luke's Picture Book." 

Bebe Daniels is becoming a star and Hal Roach is expanding his studio. Meanwhile, Harold Lloyd is learning producing and directing.

There's an explosion of comedy studios in the 1910s and 20s. And Pathe Studios is the king of comedy distributors with both Hal Roach and Mack Sennett.

More legends from Leo McC...

Six degrees of every silent comedy passed through the doors of Harold Lloyd and Hal Roach's first film venture. Ben Model & Steve Massa are back to discuss the talents and careers of the Rolin Film Company cast and crew before and after Hal Roach Studios.

The genius of Mack Sennett and Keystone, and of Essenay and the Chaplins. And the connections with Arbuckle and Keaton. 

Playing music for films, and the variations of mo...

When Hal Roach met Harold Lloyd, the history of comedy and the movies changed forever. 

In those early formative years at Rolin Films, they established a style that was distinctive from their peers but soon became the launchpad for an all-star roster of talent in front of and behind the camera.

Here to talk all about Lonesome Luke, Willie Work, and Just Nuts are two of the world's leading experts in silent comedy, Steve Massa ...