The Kid Brother

The inventiveness of comedian Harold Lloyd has to be seen to be disbelieved in this comedy about the put-upon youngest of three sons and their widower father (Walter James). Ordered to close down a travelling show by his sheriff dad, Harold at last rebels against the constant bullying - because he's fallen in love with a showgirl (Jobyna Ralston) - and triumphs over parental oppression. Some of the sight gags are brilliant, including the use of a butter churn as a way of wringing and hanging out clothes. The mechanisms of laughter-making don't come much better than this, and add up to one of the comedian's best-ever movies.