Girl Shy - 1924 - 7/10
Silent era slapstick.
Harold Lloyd plays shy milquetoast who pens [I]The Secret Of Making Love[/I].
Actual females, however, make him extraordinarily nervous.
What to do, then, when love arrives? As well as a rival for her affections.
Jokes cascade furiously, with mishaps and a hair raising dash-to-the-altar finale.
Scenes of downtown Los Angeles, circa 1923, provide a portal into bygone, emptyish avenues.