Girl Shy (1924)

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Girl Shy movie poster

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Walter Lundin · Editor: Allen McNeil

Production: The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Budget: $400K

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