Back To The Woods (1919) starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels. Two would-be game hunters look for bears, but instead find …
Back To The Woods (1919) starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels
Harold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two native guides to lead them into the woods. But the guides run in terror when they see a (very tame) bear in the distance. Harold is annoyed that he cannot find any bears to hunt—unaware that two timid bears are closely following him.
Meanwhile Snub encounters an equally tame wildcat who eats his picnic lunch. Snub manages to sneak away intact. Back at the outpost, Harold twice rescues Jeanne—once from the clutches of an unwanted suitor and once from one of the bears. To this point, Jeanne has been as tough as nails, looking down on the two outsiders. But, the grateful, gun-toting Jeanne tells Harold she now wants him to be her “sweetie.”
Comedy highlights
- Outside the outpost, Harold sits next to a lovely Native American maiden, who immediately starts snuggling up to him … And then her husband displays a dagger! But … it’s for sale for only two dollars!
- The running gag of the bears trailing Harold, that he’s totally oblivious to.
- The mountain cat eating Snub’s food! And poor Snub trying to get away in one piece!
Cast
- Harold Lloyd (The Harold Lloyd Collection | Slapstick Symposium) as A Millionaire
- Snub Pollard (From Hand to Mouth) as His Valet
- Bebe Daniels (Bliss) as Jeanne, Belle o’ the Woods
- Arthur Housman (Scram!)
- Bud Jamison (In The Park) as Hunter(uncredited)
- Marie Mosquini (His Royal Slyness) as Indian wife on porch
- Fred C. Newmeyer (Ring Up the Curtain) as Indian husband on porch (uncredited)
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