High and Dizzy

1920

Action / Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1554 1.6K

Plot summary

A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.

Director

Top cast

Harold Lloyd as The Boy
Charles Stevenson as Police Officer
Gaylord Lloyd as (uncredited)
Marie Benson as Unidentified
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250.03 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
19.98 fps
12 hr 27 min
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464.52 MB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
19.98 fps
12 hr 27 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bunuel1976 7 / 10

HIGH AND DIZZY (Hal Roach, 1920) ***

Fast-paced fun which, as often with Harold Lloyd, features distinct - and proved - backdrops for his gags: first, the doctor's office (where the star, as a novice M.D., is forced to impersonate his own clients as a ruse to attract genuine ones!); then, the city streets after a drinking binge with his pal (capped by a pre-SAFETY LAST! [1923] scene in which they fall foul of a policeman); next, the hotel lobby where the reception desk and an elevator become the 'targets' of Lloyd's drunken havoc; and, finally, the trademark 'thrill' sequence in which both the tipsy Lloyd and sleep-walking heroine Mildred Davis are seen walking perilously on the ledge of a tall building!
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Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 8 / 10

precursor

Dr. Hale (Harold Lloyd) is a bumbling new doctor out of medical school. Work is rare. A man and his daughter walk into his practice. Hale works hard to pretend to be busy. It's love at first sight for him and the sleepwalking beauty. The father is not impressed and quickly takes his daughter away. Hale ends up getting high and dizzy on his office neighbor's secret stash of moonshine. The two drunks go to the hotel where Hale encounters the sleepwalking girl on the ledge.

This has Lloyd's brand of physical comedy. It has his highrise stunts still at its primitive stage. This Hal Roach short film is a precursor to his masterpieces later on. There is a bit of bite to his character in this one. It's a fun introduction.

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