| Grandma's Boy | |
| Director: | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Producer: | Hal Roach (uncredited) |
| Starring: | Harold Lloyd |
| Studio: | Hal Roach Studios |
| Distributor: | Pathe Film Exchange original release, Associated Exhibitors Encore Presentation |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $94,412[1] |
| Gross: | $1.1 million (US/Canada)[2] |
Grandma's Boy is a 1922 family comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development. This film was an immensely popular, commercially successful film in its time.[3]
The grandma's boy is a timid coward who cannot muster the courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War that had been used by his grandfather, which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it was magical all along.