Spring Fever (1919 film)

Spring Fever
Spring Fever
Directed by	Hal Roach
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Harold Lloyd; Snub Pollard; Bebe Daniels; George K. Arthur
Cinematography	Fred Guiol
Release date	June 29, 1919;
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Spring Fever is a 1919 short comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd.

Plot

Harold is an office worker whose mind wanders from his mundane clerical tasks due to the lovely weather. Unable to resist the pull of a park on a beautiful spring day, Harold abandons his job. He is pursued into the park by annoyed office colleagues and his boss. Harold's playful antics in the park quickly annoy several people, causing a large mob to start chasing him. While hiding in some shrubbery, Harold encounters Bebe who herself is hiding from an unwanted suitor (Snub). The mob attacks Snub, mistakenly believing him to be Harold. Bebe and Harold quietly escape to an ice cream parlor where Harold has insufficient money to pay for their treats. Harold attempts a few creative tricks to avoid paying the bill. In the end, Harold deceives the waitress into thinking that a still groggy Snub has agreed to pay his tab. The film ends in Bebe's garden, where Harold and Bebe embrace as a new couple.

Cast

Harold Lloyd as The Boy
Snub Pollard as The Unwelcome Suitor (as Harry Pollard)
Bebe Daniels as The Girl
George K. Arthur
Ray Brooks
Sammy Brooks as Short man in the park
Lige Conley - (as Lige Cromley)
Wallace Howe
Bud Jamison
Mark Jones as Man on bench
Dee Lampton as Fat man on bench
Gus Leonard as The Boss
Fred C. Newmeyer as Office worker / Old man with cane
E.J. Ritter
Charles Stevenson as Busy Bee counter man
Noah Young as Office worker with large moustache

Preservation status

Prints of the film exist in the film archives of George Eastman House, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the National Film Archive of the British Film Institute.^[1]

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Spring Fever". Silent Era. Retrieved April 4, 2008.

External links

Spring Fever at IMDb
Spring Fever at AllMovie
Spring Fever at the TCM Movie Database

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Spring Fever". Silent Era. Retrieved April 4, 2008.

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