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Release Date: 2012
Cast: Jimmy Conlin, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Hamilton, Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander, Harold Lloyd, Raymond Walburn, Arline Judge, Robert Dudley, Rudy Vallée, Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou ...MORE
Cast: Jimmy Conlin, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Hamilton, Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander, Harold Lloyd, Raymond Walburn, Arline Judge, Robert Dudley, Rudy Vallée, Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Norton ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Slapstick, Screwball Comedy, Comedy, Black-And-White
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd, and featuring Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn and Lionel Stander. The film's story is a continuation of The Freshman, one of Lloyd's most successful movies.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock was Sturges' first project after leaving Paramount Pictures, where he had made his best and most popular films, but the film was not successful in its initial release. It was quickly pulled from distribution... MORE
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd, and featuring Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn and Lionel Stander. The film's story is a continuation of The Freshman, one of Lloyd's most successful movies.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock was Sturges' first project after leaving Paramount Pictures, where he had made his best and most popular films, but the film was not successful in its initial release. It was quickly pulled from distribution by producer Howard Hughes who took almost four years to re-shoot some scenes and re-edit the film, finally re-releasing it in 1950 as Mad Wednesday – but the reception by the general public was no better the second time around. The film is generally considered to be a product of Sturges' and Lloyd's declining careers.
Lloyd was nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy", and the film was nominated for Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, both in 1951. Lloyd, however, was never to star in another film, turning instead to production, and releasing compilation LESS
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