The Kid Brother

The Kid Brother (1927)

"The Freshman" is down on the farm! And there's a real plot with bashful love-making and everything!

The timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new woman in town.

Date of release
1927-01-17
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (109)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The White Sheep
  • Filmed in: Burbank, Glendale, Altadena, and Santa Catalina Island

The Kid Brother is a 1927 American silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It was successful and popular upon release and today is considered by critics and fans to be one of Lloyd's best films, integrating elements of comedy, romance, drama, and character development. Its storyline is an homage to a 1921 film called Tol'able David, although it is essentially a re-make of the 1924 Hal Roach feature, The White Sheep, starring Glenn Tryon. The film entered the public domain in 2023.

Production

This was the last of Lloyd's features to star Jobyna Ralston, who starred as leading lady in five of his previous films. She would go on to play a supporting part in Wings.

Lloyd wanted the film to have more gags than any of his previous features, so around eight writers and gagmen worked on the script. Many of these bits were cut from the finished film, and some were incorporated into Lloyd's subsequent films. The rural setting was a contrast to most of Lloyd's urban films of the mid to late 1920s.

Due to contract problems with another studio, director Lewis Milestone left the production after having helmed a majority of the film in an uncredited capacity.

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