For Heaven's Sake

1926

Action / Comedy / Romance

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 2122 2.1K

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Plot summary

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Director

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Sam Taylor

Top cast

Harold Lloyd Photo
Harold Lloyd as J. Harold Manners, The Uptown Boy
Leo Willis Photo
Leo Willis as Mug Who Gets Kicked
Oscar Smith Photo
Oscar Smith as James - Manners' Chauffeur
Andy MacLennan Photo
Andy MacLennan as Gangster in Mission at Collection
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23.976 fps
12 hr 58 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
12 hr 58 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jordondave-28085 8 / 10

One of the more death defying features from action genius Harold Llyod

(1926) For Heaven's Sake COMEDY ACTION DRAMAHarold Lloyd plays upper class and wealthy successful real estate investor, J Harold Manners accidentally burning down a missionary's coffee cart that was supposed to serve the poor. He then writes a check to Brother Paul (Paul Weigel) who in turn assumed he was supposed to use the money to open up an actual facility with his name left on the sign. Except that by the time he found out his name was used without his consent, he then goes straight down there to make the change, except that the young teenage lady who got angry after catching him tear the sign down had no idea he was indeed Harold manners. The one who donated enough money for Brother Paul to open up an actual facility, who introduce her to him as her daughter, Hope (Jobyna Ralston). And he goes head over heels over her who she tries to entice him to reform criminals who hang out at the pool hall, particularly Bull Brindle (Noah Young). Some of the innovative gags also include Lloyd managing to bring many criminals to participate into the missionary. As well as Lloyd making efforts to control five very wasted friends from hurting themselves and guide them safely back to the mission to get married to his love interest Hope. There is some death defying stunts that involves plenty of vehicles and an open top bus that would be hard to imitate if they are done now.
Reviewed by sol- 6 / 10

Why Worry?

As per 'Why Worry?', Harold Lloyd once again plays an eccentric millionaire here, though one without a worry in the world compared to his earlier hypochondriac. It is refreshing to see Lloyd as something other than his usual nebbish self and the film gets off to a strong start with Lloyd causing chaos everywhere while never being phased, not even when bandits are shooting at him from a speeding car. The plot soon veers in a very different direction though as Lloyd meets and falls in love with the daughter of a preacher who he accidentally donated to. It is a plot turn that comes without any character progression and it almost feels as two different films have been spliced together as Lloyd jumps from being cool and detached to energetically drumming up business for the preacher's mission 'Never Weaken' style. There is also a weird kidnapping subplot that comes out of nowhere and never quite feels right (despite leading to a good chase scene). Indeed, clocking in at under one hour, it feels as if a significant chunk of the film is missing - and according to some reports, Lloyd trimmed the movie himself after being dissatisfied with the final product. The film is not quite as poor as all that, but coming on the back of the well developed narrative comedy that 'The Freshman' was, this feels like a step back towards the skits-based plotting of his earlier works.
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