The Kid Brother (1927) on Netflix
Passed19271h 22mComedyDramaFamily
Harold is the youngest Hickory, without the muscles of his father and brothers. Taken for the sheriff, he signs a permit for a medicine show and meets its dancer, Mary.
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- IMDb7.6/105,329 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes92%
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Plot summary
In Hickoryville the Hickory family is respected. Sheriff Jim and his two older sons, Leo and Olin, are strong men who give the youngest, Harold, no respect. When the three of them leave for a town meeting about a dam, Harold stays behind. He wears his father's gun and badge, and the showman "Flash" Farrell, who runs a medicine show for Mary since her father died, takes him for the sheriff and talks him into signing a permit. Farrell's strongman, Sandoni, and Mary perform in the show. Mary dodges Sandoni's unwanted attentions and meets Harold, and the two are drawn to each other. Jim learns what his son has signed and orders the performance shut down.
Cast
- Mabel Shoultersas Hank's Mother (uncredited)
- Josephine the Monkeyas Monkey (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Kid Brother (1927)
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- Director Lewis Milestone left The Kid Brother after having directed a majority of the film in an uncredited capacity, driven off by contract problems with another studio.
- Harold Lloyd wanted The Kid Brother to hold more gags than any of his earlier features, so roughly eight writers and gagmen worked on the script; many bits were cut and some were reused in his later films.
- The derelict ship scenes were shot at Catalina Island aboard the Palmyra, a vessel whose keel was laid in 1870 in Bath, Maine, and which the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Corporation bought for use in the comedy.
