In 1947, 9 years after his last film, Harold Lloyd re-appeared once more to give the world his swansong. The story tells of a college hero who ends up in a dead-end job and how his life changes when he ends up redundant aftter 22 years. There will always be an interest in the last film of any great clown and while some disappoint, Lloyds finale is quite a joy. Make no mistake though, this is a far cry from his groundbreaking, hilarious romps of the 20's, but if you don't expect that you'll have a very enjoyable 90 minutes. After being made redundant the lifelong teetotal ends up getting drunk very quickly, and noisily!! Later on Harold wins a fortune on the horses embarks on a huge bender. When it's all over and Harold wakes up and he realises he can't remember a single thing about Wednesday! It turns out he had bought a circus and the rest of the film centres around that little problem. As you might hope with a Lloyd film there are antics high on a skyscraper which, strangely, aren't as convincing as his silent days of yore but still amuse. On a whole the film is fine ending to Lloyd's movie career, while not capturing his early greatness, the film entertains and a good few belly laughs are to be had. There is a romantic sub-plot, but this is kept exceedingly minimal and is quite amusing in it's own way.
Review of The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
