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Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Why Worry?
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5500 feet
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd [Harold Van Pelham], Jobyna Ralston [the nurse], Johan Aasen (John Aasen) [Colosso], Wallace Howe [Mr. Pipps], James Mason [Jim Blake], Leo White [Herculeo], Gaylord Lloyd, Mark Jones; Charles Stevenson, Lee Phelps, William Gillespie, Sam Lufkin
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathépicture; Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Sam Taylor, assisted by Ted Wilde and Tim Whelan, from a screen story by Sam Taylor. Assistant director, Robert A. Golden. Cinematography by Walter Lundin. Film editor, T.J. Crizer (Thomas J. Crizer). Titles (intertitles written) by H.M. Walker. Presented by Hal Roach. / © 11 August 1923 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU19294]. World premiere, 2 September 1923 at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York. New York premiere, 3 September 1923 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York. New York. Released 16 September 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Ralston’s first film with Lloyd. Lloyd’s last film for Roach.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.6343.
Survival status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; and in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Cannons - Giants - Hypochondriacs - Jails - Medical: Nurses, Toothaches - Prisons - Revolutions - Ships - South America - Transportation: Cruise ships
Listing updated: 25 April 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.6343; Brownlow-Parade p. 578; Fell-History p. 95; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 7; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 196, 203, 204-206; Lahue-World p. 174b; Reilly-Lloyd pp. xiv-xv, 4, 10; Shipman-Cinema p. 80; Skretvedt-Magic pp. 121, 201; Sweeney-Coming p. 62 : Website-Lloyd : with additional information provided by Philip C. Carli.
Home video: DVD.
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