From Hand to Mouth (1919)
As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her dog, who are in the same predicament. Meanwhile, across town a dishonest lawyer is working with a gang of criminals, trying to swindle an innocent young heiress out of her inheritance. As the heiress is on her way home from the lawyer's office, she notices the young man and the waif in the midst of their latest problem with the authorities, and she rescues them. Later on, the young man will have an unexpected opportunity to repay her for her kindness.
- Date of release
- 1919-12-28
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach
Casting
- Harold Lloyd — The Boy
- Mildred Davis — The Girl
- Peggy Cartwright — The Waif
- Harry 'Snub' Pollard — The Kidnapper
- Noah Young — Conspirator (uncredited)
- Charles Stevenson — Stolen Wallet Cop (uncredited)
Interesting facts
From Hand to Mouth is a 1919 American silent short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. This was the first film Lloyd made with frequent co-star Mildred Davis. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute.
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