Hazard of the Game
- Episode aired Feb 5, 1980
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
74
YOUR RATING
A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.
Photos
James Mason
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Harold Lloyd
- Self - 1968 interview
- (archive footage)
Odille Osborne
- Self
- (as Mrs. Buck Jones)
Albert S. Rogell
- Self
- (as Al Rogell)
Red Thompson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- ConnectionsFeatures The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Featured review
Hollywood Episode 5
Hollywood: Hazard of the Game (1980)
**** (out of 4)
Fans of silent cinema can always point their finger at pure drama in many of the stunts that were performed by both the actors as well as stunt men. This was long before rear-projection so there was nothing fake going on. If you wanted something dangerous and thrilling on film then you had to do the stunt. This fifth-entry in the terrific documentary series takes a look at these brave men and some of the remarkable stunts they were able to do. Stuntmen Harvey Parry, Bob Rose and Paul Malvern are on hand to tell some terrific stories about the work they did in films such as SAFETY LAST!, THE BLACK PIRATE, BELOVED ROGUE, THUNDERING HOOFS, ROBIN HOOD and many, many others. There are some very good stories about the famous building sequence in Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST! and we get to hear how the stunt was done and what influenced. There's a brief interview with Lloyd here but we also get to hear from the stunt person who agreed to not tell anyone he did the stunt until after Lloyd passed. There's some amazing footage from the films shown here and it's rather breath-taking seeing these stunts simply because you know how dangerous they were. It was great fun and even more thrilling hearing from the actual men doing them as we get to here how the stunts were prepared and if there was anything that went wrong. Needless to say, considering how dangerous this stuff was there's plenty of time devoted to those who actually lost their lives. We hear about the flood sequence in NOAH'S ARC but we also hear about some now-forgotten films including TRAIL OF '98, which had four men getting killed in a rapids sequence and 1920's THE SKYWAYMAN where Ormer Locklear and another man were killed when a stunt went horribly wrong. Fox went ahead and released the film with the footage in it but all prints are now long gone. Those who aren't familiar with silent movies will certainly gain some appreciation here just by being able to see how dangerous this stuff once was and I'm sure they'll respect these people a lot more since the stunts were real and not just some computer screen doing all the work.
**** (out of 4)
Fans of silent cinema can always point their finger at pure drama in many of the stunts that were performed by both the actors as well as stunt men. This was long before rear-projection so there was nothing fake going on. If you wanted something dangerous and thrilling on film then you had to do the stunt. This fifth-entry in the terrific documentary series takes a look at these brave men and some of the remarkable stunts they were able to do. Stuntmen Harvey Parry, Bob Rose and Paul Malvern are on hand to tell some terrific stories about the work they did in films such as SAFETY LAST!, THE BLACK PIRATE, BELOVED ROGUE, THUNDERING HOOFS, ROBIN HOOD and many, many others. There are some very good stories about the famous building sequence in Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST! and we get to hear how the stunt was done and what influenced. There's a brief interview with Lloyd here but we also get to hear from the stunt person who agreed to not tell anyone he did the stunt until after Lloyd passed. There's some amazing footage from the films shown here and it's rather breath-taking seeing these stunts simply because you know how dangerous they were. It was great fun and even more thrilling hearing from the actual men doing them as we get to here how the stunts were prepared and if there was anything that went wrong. Needless to say, considering how dangerous this stuff was there's plenty of time devoted to those who actually lost their lives. We hear about the flood sequence in NOAH'S ARC but we also hear about some now-forgotten films including TRAIL OF '98, which had four men getting killed in a rapids sequence and 1920's THE SKYWAYMAN where Ormer Locklear and another man were killed when a stunt went horribly wrong. Fox went ahead and released the film with the footage in it but all prints are now long gone. Those who aren't familiar with silent movies will certainly gain some appreciation here just by being able to see how dangerous this stuff once was and I'm sure they'll respect these people a lot more since the stunts were real and not just some computer screen doing all the work.
helpful•51
- Michael_Elliott
- Aug 27, 2010
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Filming locations
- March Air Reserve Base, California, USA(Scene from 'Around the World in 18 Days')
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Color
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content