Harold Lloyd - Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses [Paperback]

Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: BearManor Media (September 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593933320
• ISBN-13: 978-1593933326
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Annette D'Agostino is to Lloyd what Carl Sandburg is to Lincoln, August 4, 2009

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The Keeper Of The Celluloid (Film Archive, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harold Lloyd - Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses (Paperback)

Praise for The latest book on Harold Lloyd by the author who knows him best. A lifelong devotion to the comic icon has yielded several books, essays and a website that has yet to be equalled. With each release of information, fans and novices of Harold Lloyd are invited to rediscover an individual who helped to landscape the language of film.

As with all her writings, Ms. Lloyd captures her enthusiasm for her subject and encites her readers to not only share in her joy but to evoke a similar kinship that can only lead to seeking out the recorded works of this legend of entertainment.

Filled with facts, photos, filmography and information never before published, this latest homage to one of Hollywood's motion picture pioneers stands along with the very best film biography texts of Brownlow, Birchard and Kerr.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harold Lloyd Gets Better With Age, January 9, 2010

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This review is from: Harold Lloyd - Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses (Paperback)

Annette D'Agostino Lloyd has done herself proud with another outstanding book about one of the comedy geniuses of the twenties, Harold Lloyd, called "Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses". There have been many books about this famed comedy star, but Annette's overwhelming enthusiasm about her subject is evident throughout. In other lesser books about Mr. Lloyd, there lies an opinion that his later films, most notably "The Cat's Paw" were among his worst films because he was attempting to try something different. Annette (like myself) takes a positive stand by stating that the film is "Lloyd's premier talkie". The book is chock full of new facts that have never been published before and it is sprinkled with a wide assortment of great stills from Mr. Lloyd's private life as well as his films. All said, I recommend this book to everybody who loves silent comedy and for those who haven't discovered the genius of this comedy superstar, buy the book and "The Harold Lloyd DVD Collection." I couldn't think of a better way to pass the time...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable book about a remarkable man, August 5, 2009

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chriscellaneous (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harold Lloyd - Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses (Paperback)

It's no surprise that Annette D'Agostino, perhaps the foremost authority on Harold Lloyd and his films, would write a thorough, engaging, inspiring and informative book about the man behind the horn-rimmed glasses. What is surprising is her approach -- breaking down Harold's life into defining moments that, collectively, tell us more about Lloyd than a traditional biography might. An essay, for example, on one of Harold's lesser know films ("The Cat's Paw") not only asks us to re-examine a commonly overlooked film, but uses it to shed new light on its star and producer. Annette augments Harold's own words (turning the book into a semi-autobiography) with her own opinions that sometimes lionize her idol, but just as often take Lloyd off his pedestal. It's no mistake that the cover photo shows Lloyd without his glasses, for Annette truly lets us see beyond the comic mask, revealing a self-made man, flaws and all.