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7.3/10
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A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
John Aasen
- Colosso
- (as Johan Aasen)
Wally Howe
- Mr. Pipps
- (as Wallace Howe)
Jim Mason
- James H. Blake
- (as James Mason)
William Gillespie
- Ship's Officer
- (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Guest
- (uncredited)
Charles Stevenson
- Revolutionary with Moustache
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRingling Brothers circus giant Cardiff Giant (aka George Auger) was contracted to play the role of Colosso, but died shortly after filming began. A nationwide publicity campaign was instituted to find a replacement. Norwegian John Aasen, living in Minnesota, was discovered as a result of a newspaper article about his shoe size.
- GoofsAlthough the film is supposed to be set on a tropical island, the characters all wear Mexican garb except for Harold van Pelham, and the setting looks like a Mexican village. This is because the film was originally set in Mexico, but legal issues forced Harold Lloyd to change the setting to Paradiso.
- Quotes
Harold Van Pelham: Why didn't you tell me I love you?
- ConnectionsFeatured in World of Comedy (1962)
Featured review
Very Entertaining, With Lots of Good Absurdist-Style Humor
This is one of Harold Lloyd's most entertaining comedies, with Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston and John Aasen making good use of a variety of material, especially a lot of Absurdist-style gags and routines. It starts just a little slowly in setting things up, but once it gets going, there are a lot of good laughs without a slow stretch.
Lloyd plays a good-natured but completely oblivious upper-class hypochondriac who travels to the tropics for a rest, and finds himself in the middle of a chaotic revolution. His naive initial reactions to the situation are quite amusing, and few screen comics could have pulled them off as well as Lloyd does.
As things get hotter for Lloyd and Ralston, the hilarious giant Colosso (Aasen's character) joins the madness, and that leads to some even more humorous gags. The lengthy sequence resulting from the first meeting between Harold and Colosso is very cleverly done, squeezing more than you would ever have guessed possible out of a simple situation. Afterward, Colosso's size and strength are used in many imaginative ways, with a lot of rather elaborate sight gags that are set up nicely.
The whole thing works very well. Once everything is set up, it flies by so quickly that it seems only to have taken a fraction of its running time.
Lloyd plays a good-natured but completely oblivious upper-class hypochondriac who travels to the tropics for a rest, and finds himself in the middle of a chaotic revolution. His naive initial reactions to the situation are quite amusing, and few screen comics could have pulled them off as well as Lloyd does.
As things get hotter for Lloyd and Ralston, the hilarious giant Colosso (Aasen's character) joins the madness, and that leads to some even more humorous gags. The lengthy sequence resulting from the first meeting between Harold and Colosso is very cleverly done, squeezing more than you would ever have guessed possible out of a simple situation. Afterward, Colosso's size and strength are used in many imaginative ways, with a lot of rather elaborate sight gags that are set up nicely.
The whole thing works very well. Once everything is set up, it flies by so quickly that it seems only to have taken a fraction of its running time.
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- Budget
- $220,626 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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