For heaven's sake
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | For heaven's sake |
| Original title | For Heaven's Sake |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1926 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sam Taylor |
| script |
John Gray , Ted Wilde , Clyde Bruckman |
| production | John L. Murphy |
| camera |
Walter Lundin , Henry N. Kohler |
| occupation | |
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Um Himmelswillen (Alternative title: Um Himmelswillen, Harold Lloyd !, Original title: For Heaven's Sake ) is an American romantic comedy directed by Sam Taylor . The film was released on April 4, 1926 in the United States .
action
The extravagant millionaire J. Harold Manners happens one day in a poorer part of his hometown. He promptly destroys the philanthropist Brother Paul's food cart, who cares for the poor, through a clumsiness. Due to a misunderstanding, Harold casually pays the philanthropist the then high sum of $ 1,000 for the wrecked car. Brother Paul can use the money to open a homeless shelter, which bears the name of its donor Manners. When Manners found out about this through the newspaper, he went to the homeless shelter to tell Brother Paul that he did not agree to the use of his name. In the asylum he meets the pretty Hope who works there, brother Paul's daughter, with whom he falls in love. To please Hope, Manners is now committed to the homeless asylum and gets from one problem to the next. Thanks to his cleverness, Manners can ultimately help the homeless asylum and in doing so also earns the respect of the bullies in the pubs in the slums. Harold and their daughter Hope finally want to get married. But Harold's wealthy friends, who consider the marriage to Hope to be a mistake, kidnap Hope from time to time. Only after long entanglements can he finally step in front of the altar with Hope.
background
According to the industry journal Variety , For Heaven's Sake was the twelfth most successful silent film. Jobyna Ralson and Harold Lloyd formed a screen couple in another seven films .
Reviews
For Heaven's Sake opened to good reviews in American cinemas in 1926. The lexicon of international films also judges the film positively from today's perspective: "As a compendium of many of the best sequences in Lloyd's oeuvre, it is possibly the most suitable introduction to the work of this outstanding comedian."
literature
- Robert K. Klepper: Silent Films, 1877-1996. A Critical Guide to 646 Movies . Jefferson (NC) and London 1999.
Web links
- For heaven's sake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Variety 1932 ( Memento from November 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ For God's sake. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 27, 2017 .